Weekly OPD service provided at AIIMS Satellite Centre Balasore: MoS Health
Balasore: Union Minister of State for Health, Shri Prataprao Jadhav recently informed the Lok Sabha about the status of the AIIMS Satellite Centre at Balasore. While the construction of the Outpatient Block was completed in 2022, the centre has not yet become fully operational, despite the infrastructure being in place.
In addition to the AIIMS Balasore Satellite Centre, the government is also working on the expansion of healthcare facilities under PMSSY.
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He also seeks to know, whether the Government is aware of the fact that the entire infrastructure is susceptible to being damaged is not in use and if so, the details thereof;
Furthermore, he inquired about the time by which it is likely to be made fully operational along with the steps taken/proposed to be taken in this regard.
In response to these questions, MoS Health informed that in the new AIIMS set up under PMSSY, the construction of Out Patient Block of Satellite Centre of AIIMS Bhubaneswar at Balasore was completed in 2022 and currently Outpatient Services are provided for two days a week by the doctors and staff from AIIMS Bhubaneswar. More than 20,000 patients have availed of the service. Approval has also been accorded for the setting up of a 280-bed Satellite Centre of AIIMS Rishikesh at Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand at a project cost of Rs.494.00 crore. The project work started in August 2023.
