HP Cabinet to sign MoU with Centre to make AIIMS Bilaspur apex medical body

The state Cabinet has given approval to the draft MoU between the state government and the Central Government for making AIIMS an apex body for medical education and research.

After the AIIMS Bilaspur was unveiled in the state, the Himachal Pradesh Cabinet gave a nod to the draft MoU between the state and Central government regarding AIIMS Bilaspur. As per this agreement, AIIMS Bilaspur will act as an apex body for medical education and research and as a nodal institution for providing speciality and Super speciality levels of healthcare.

AIIMS Bilaspur will also have a training centre for doctors, nurses and health workers, and provide medical and paramedical courses both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as reported by Hindustan Times.

The AIIMS will also conduct international and national conferences and provide a place for achieving excellence in the medical field.

More Details of HP Cabinet Meeting

The Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur also gave a no-objection certificate (NOC) to the Vivekanand Medical Research Trust, Palampur, for 40 seats of BSc Nursing. Approval was given to open a new government degree college at Pangna in Mandi district and the re-starting of a college Narag in Sirmaur district.

It approved the revision of the pay structure for the existing regular teaching faculty and librarians working in degree-level technical institutions in the state as per All-India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) norms. The revised pay scale would be given from the prospective date and arrears from January 1, 2016, would be paid as per state government orders.

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