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Union Health Minister J P Nadda laid the foundation stone for an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Mangalagiri near here on Saturday. The 960-bed facility that would come up on 200 acres at a cost of Rs 1,620 crore at Amaravati would be completed in two to three years. It will also make 100 medical seats available, Nadda said. The minister said the government was setting up 10 new AIIMS in the country to extend tertiary healthcare services to all the regions. There are also plans to have AIIMS in all states. These new AIIMS would help fill the gap by adding 16,300 additional beds. The AIIMS will have all super-specialties, he added.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda laid the foundation stone for an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Mangalagiri near here on Saturday. The 960-bed facility that would come up on 200 acres at a cost of Rs 1,620 crore at Amaravati would be completed in two to three years. It will also make 100 medical seats available, Nadda said. The minister said the government was setting up 10 new AIIMS in the country to extend tertiary healthcare services to all the regions. There are also plans to have AIIMS in all states. These new AIIMS would help fill the gap by adding 16,300 additional beds. The AIIMS will have all super-specialties, he added.
"An important feature of Mangalagiri AIIMS will be Department of AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy), because we believe in holistic and integrated approach of the health system," Nadda said. Nadda said while the Union government thought of completing the AIIMS in three years, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu urged him to ensure that it becomes operational in two years. He further said steps were being taken to add super-specialty blocks in 70 existing medical colleges in the country and upgrade existing hospitals into medical colleges.
The minister said 58 district hospitals were selected for developing them into medical colleges to ensure healthcare services in rural areas. Stating that the country is doing fairly well in controlling communicable diseases, he voiced concern that non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory disorders are on rise and responsible for 60 percent of mortality.
The minister said two regional cancer centres will be set up at Jhajjar (Haryana) and Kolkata. In addition to this, 20 state cancer units and 50 tertiary cancer care centres are coming up. He announced that one state cancer institute and one tertiary care centre will be developed in Andhra Pradesh.
Nadda said all innovations in healthcare would be experimented in Andhra Pradesh. These will include public private model, which can be replicated in other parts of the country. Nadda noted though health is a state subject, the central government through national health mission started world's largest public health programme called routine immunisation programme "Our commitment is that no child should die because of preventable disease and that is why 2.70 crore children every year are immunised, some partially and some totally," he said.
"An important feature of Mangalagiri AIIMS will be Department of AYUSH (ayurveda, yoga, naturopathy, unani, siddha and homeopathy), because we believe in holistic and integrated approach of the health system," Nadda said. Nadda said while the Union government thought of completing the AIIMS in three years, Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu urged him to ensure that it becomes operational in two years. He further said steps were being taken to add super-specialty blocks in 70 existing medical colleges in the country and upgrade existing hospitals into medical colleges.
The minister said 58 district hospitals were selected for developing them into medical colleges to ensure healthcare services in rural areas. Stating that the country is doing fairly well in controlling communicable diseases, he voiced concern that non-communicable diseases like diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory disorders are on rise and responsible for 60 percent of mortality.
The minister said two regional cancer centres will be set up at Jhajjar (Haryana) and Kolkata. In addition to this, 20 state cancer units and 50 tertiary cancer care centres are coming up. He announced that one state cancer institute and one tertiary care centre will be developed in Andhra Pradesh.
Nadda said all innovations in healthcare would be experimented in Andhra Pradesh. These will include public private model, which can be replicated in other parts of the country. Nadda noted though health is a state subject, the central government through national health mission started world's largest public health programme called routine immunisation programme "Our commitment is that no child should die because of preventable disease and that is why 2.70 crore children every year are immunised, some partially and some totally," he said.
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