Kamrup

Cabinet approves setting up of new AIIMS in Kamrup, Assam

Question: Where is the new All India Institute of Medical Sciences being set up in Assam as recently approved by the Cabinet?
(a) Haflong
(b) Tezpur
(c) Silchar
(d) Kamrup
Ans :(d)
Related facts:-

  • On May 24, 2017, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to the establishment of the new ‘All India Institute of Medical Sciences’ (AIIMS) in Kamrup (North Guwahati Revenue Area) Assam.
  • This institute will be set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) with expense of Rs. 1123 crore .
  • The Institute will have a 750-bed hospital comprising trauma center, medical college, nursing college, specialty and super specialty departments.
  • Apart from this, it will also have the AYUSH department to provide treatment facilities in traditional medicine.
  • Prime Minister’s Health Protection Scheme was announced in the year 2003.
  • Under this scheme, AIIMS has been established in Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Raipur, Jodhpur, Rishikesh and Patna while the work of AIIMS in Rae Bareli is in progress.
  • In addition, the Union Cabinet had approved the establishment of AIIMS in Nagpur (Maharashtra), Mangalagiri (Guntur, Andhra Pradesh) and Kalyani (West Bengal) in the year 2015 and in the year 2016 in Bathinda (Punjab) and Gorakhpur (UP)

Related links:-
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=162094
http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/cabinet-approves-setting-up-of-new-aiims-in-kamrup-assam/?comment=disable
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/india/cabinet-approval-for-aiims-in-kamrup-assam/articleshow/58827674.cms