Health minister promises to start work on AIIMS clone in Bhubaneswar from Jan 2008: Press release of Govt. of Orissa
September 29th, 2007
Following is the press release.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik met the Union Health Minister Shri A. Ramdoss today and impressed upon him to start work on the AIIMS Bhubaneswar campus without further delay. The Government of Orissa has already made available land to Government of India for this purpose. The Union Health Minister assured the CM that work would begin latest by January 2008.
Discussion was also held on wide ranging issues in the Health Sector. The Chief Minister requested the Union Health Minister for opening of a Paediatric Centre at Berhampur for treatment of children affected by HIV/ AIDS. He also pursued the request made by the State Government for installation of CD-4 machines in the 3 Medical Colleges at Cuttack, Berhampur and Sambalpur for detection of HIV/ AIDS. The Chief Minister, Orissa requested the Union Health Minister to sanction state-of-the art machines such as Linear Accelerator for the Cancer Hospital at Cuttack. The Union Health Minister assured the CM that all support will be extended for this purpose.
The CM, Orissa pleaded for increase of intake capacity in Dental Surgery (BDS) from 20 to 50. He further suggested opening of MDS course for which necessary posts of doctors have been sanctioned by Government of Orissa. The Union Health Minister promised to consider the proposal favourably.
Discussions were also held for opening new Nursing Colleges in different parts of Orissa in PPP mode. Government of Orissa will take steps to open such colleges shortly.
In related news a Times of India report outlines the progress with respect to the AIIMS clone in Patna. The time line described in that report will most likely also hold for the one in Bhubaneswar.
The bidding for selection of consultant would be opened on October 3, 2007. "The project management committee had approved the expression of interest (EOI) for selection of project management consultants for construction of six AIIMS-like medical college and hospitals in the country," the affidavit stated.
The project management consultants would be selected by December, 2007, and detailed project report would be submitted by April-May, 2008. Civil construction of the hospital and medical college building may be started by early 2008 and completed by 2010. Simultaneously, the manpower requirement for the AIIMS-like institution is being assessed by a separate committee, the affidavit added.
Entry Filed under: AIIMS, Bhubaneswar,AIIMS, Bhubaneswar,Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Puri- Khurda area (1)
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1. Rajmohan Panda | October 1st, 2007 at 8:55 am
Well finally some relief for Orissa which is always at the mercies if the center irrespective of whoever is in power.
Long due the new Aiims will hopefully be the answer for quality and affordable health care in a state where maternal and infant mortality are at its highest in the country.
hopefully this time the center will keep its promise unlike the much promised IIT
It is also not surprising that orissa is nowhere in the list of states being considered for the new schools of public health being set up by the Public health foundation of India (PHFI.
One more case of state government apathy or central government step motherly treatment