No AIIMS Planned for Sitapur: MoS Health informs Lok Sabha
Sitapur: There is no proposal at present to establish an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, under the current phase of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), informed the Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Shri Pratap Rao Jadhav, during a recent Lok Sabha session.
To date, under PMSSY, the Government of India has approved the establishment of 22 All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) across the country. Uttar Pradesh is home to two of these premier institutions: AIIMS Raebareli and AIIMS Gorakhpur. Both of these institutes are fully functional and are providing world-class medical care while also contributing to the training of future healthcare professionals.
The Minister was responding to the questions raised by Shri Rakesh Rathore about whether the Government is aware that Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh is extremely backward in terms of healthcare services and that patients have to travel to Lucknow or Delhi for treatment of serious illnesses.
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He asked if so, the details thereof,
He also asked whether the Government is considering setting up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Sitapur, where sufficient land is also available.
He seeks to know if so, the details thereof, and if not, the reasons therefor;
He asked whether the Government proposes to formulate any action plan in the future for the establishment of AIIMS in Sitapur, keeping in view the healthcare needs of the people of Sitapur and nearby districts; and
Furthermore, he inquired if so, the details thereof?
Shri Pratap Rao Jadhav informed the Lok Sabha that under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), to date, establishment of 22 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has been approved in various States/UTs in the country, including 2 AIIMS in Uttar Pradesh, one at Raebareli and the other at Gorakhpur. Both Institutes are functional.
Under another component of the PMSSY scheme, in the State of Uttar Pradesh, upgradation of 11 Government Medical Colleges (GMC) has been undertaken on Centre-State cost-sharing basis by way of setting up super-speciality facilities. These include (1) SGPGIMS, Lucknow, (2) Trauma Centre in IMS, BHU, Varanasi, (3) Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, (4) Govt. Medical College, Jhansi (5) BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur (6) MLN Medical College, Allahabad (7) LLRM Medical College, Meerut (8) Government Medical College, Agra (9) Government Medical College, Kanpur (10) Super Speciality Block, Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), BHU, Varanasi (11) Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, IMS, BHU, Varanasi. In the current phase of PMSSY, there is no proposal for the establishment of a new AIIMS in Sitapur, further stated the minister.
