Union Health Minister inaugurates emergency department at AIIMS Rae Bareli
Rae Bareli: Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday inaugurated various units, including the emergency department, at AIIMS Rae Bareli.
Rae Bareli is the parliamentary constituency of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Speaking on the occasion, Mandaviya said the health sector in India is changing under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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New medical colleges are being started in the country. Of the 22 AIIMS at various stages of construction, 16 have become functional, he told reporters.
The minister said 3,000 people, including those from nearby districts, come to the outpatient department at AIIMS-Rae Bareli every day. Many facilities will become operational at the health care centre in the coming days to cater to the patients.
Health and wellness centres have been set up for primary care and district hospitals upgraded. Rs 64,000 crore are being spent under the Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.
AIIMS-Rae Bareli Director Arvind Rajvanshi and others were present on the occasion.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reporetd that Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that a vision document should be prepared for providing the best healthcare in the country. Speaking at the conclusion of the two-day Swasthya Chintan Shivir in Dehradun, Mansukh Madaviya said," Let us design a vision document that will act like a roadmap for the next 25 years of the country's Amrut Kaal to guide our efforts towards providing the best healthcare to the citizens of our states."
