PM Modi inaugurates AIIMS Jammu campus, now 1300 MBBS seats, 650 PG medical seats in JnK
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today inaugurated the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Jammu. PM Modi also handed over appointment orders to around 1,500 new government recruits of Jammu and Kashmir.
During the event, the prime minister informed that 50 new degree colleges have opened up in Jammu and Kashmir. He added that the number of medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir has risen to 12 today from four in 2014, there are over 1,300 MBBS seats as opposed to 500 in 2014, and more than 650 PG medical seats as opposed to none in 2014.
He also informed about the establishment of 45 nursing and paramedic colleges in the last four years. Two AIIMS are coming up in Jammu and Kashmir out of which AIIMS in Vijaypur, Samba was inaugurated today.
Established at a cost of over 1,660 crore and built in an area spanning over 227 acres, the hospital is equipped with facilities such as 720 beds, medical college with 125 seats, nursing college with 60 seats, AYUSH block with 30 beds, residential accommodation for faculty and staff, hostel accommodation for UG and PG students, among others.
Listing the educational infrastructure projects in Jammu, the PM emphasized that the advancement of education and skill development sectors on such a scale was a distant reality ten years ago. “But, this is new India”, he said, highlighting that the government indulges in maximum expenditure for the modern education of the present and future generations.
Through the video conferencing at Jammu, the prime minister inaugurated the permanent campus of IIT Bhilai, IIT Tirupati, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kurnool; academic and residential complex in IIT Patna and IIT Ropar; two permanent campuses of Central Sanskrit University at Devprayag (Uttarakhand) and Agartala (Tripura). He also inaugurated the permanent campuses of IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Jammu and IIM Bodh Gaya along with the Indian Institute of Skills (IIS).
AIIMS Jammu
In a step that will provide comprehensive, quality and holistic tertiary care health services to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister inaugurated All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Vijaypur (Samba), Jammu. The institute, whose foundational stone was also laid by the Prime Minister in February 2019, is being established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.
Established at a cost of over 1660 crore and in an area spanning over 227 acres, the hospital is equipped with facilities like 720 beds, Medical College with 125 seats, Nursing College with 60 seats, AYUSH Block with 30 beds, residential accommodation for faculty and staff, hostel accommodation for UG and PG students, Night Shelter, Guest House, Auditorium, Shopping Complex etc.
The state-of-the-art hospital will provide high-quality patient care services in 18 Specialities and 17 Super Specialities including Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Nephrology, Urology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Endocrinology, Burns & Plastic Surgery. The Institute will have an Intensive Care Unit, Emergency & Trauma Unit, 20 Modular Operation Theatres, Diagnostic Laboratories, Blood Bank, Pharmacy etc. The Hospital will also leverage Digital Health Infrastructure to reach out to far-flung areas of the region.
