PM Narendra Modi inaugurates AIIMS Bilaspur

AIIMS Bilaspur is a state-of-the-art hospital with 18 speciality & 17 super speciality departments, 18 modular operation theatres, and 750 beds with 64 ICU beds.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has unveiled the All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) Bilaspur. He arrived at the C-Block of the hospital building and observed a demonstration of the 3D model of the AIIMS, Bilaspur campus. Then, he proceeded to the ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the inauguration of the institution. 

The Prime Minister walked through the CT Scan Centre and Emergency & Trauma areas of the hospital. The foundation stone of the hospital was also laid by the Prime Minister in October 2017 and is being established under the Central sector scheme Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana. PM Modi was accompanied by Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Jai Ram Thakur, Governor of Himachal Pradesh, Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar, Union Minister, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur and Member of Parliament and BJP National President, Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda.

About AIIMS Bilaspur

It is constructed at the cost of more than INR 1470 crore and is a state-of-the-art hospital with 18 speciality & 17 super speciality departments, 18 modular operation theatres, and 750 beds with 64 ICU beds. Spread over 247 acres, the hospital is equipped with 24 hours emergency and dialysis facilities, modern diagnostic machines like ultrasonography, CT scan, MRI etc, Amrit Pharmacy and Jan Aushadhi Kendra and also a 30 bedded AYUSH block. 

Moreover, the hospital has set up the Centre for Digital Health to provide health services in the tribal and inaccessible tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh. Specialist health services will be provided by the hospital through health camps in the inaccessible tribal and high Himalayan regions like Kaza, Saluni, and Keylong. The hospital will admit 100 students for MBBS courses and 60 students for nursing courses every year.

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