Radio diagnosis facility starts at Bathinda AIIMS

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today digitally inaugurated a radio diagnosis facility at the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bathinda, and also threw open an MBBS students’ hostel at the institute.

AIIMS, Bathinda, is an apex healthcare institution being established under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) by the Centre.

It shall have a hospital with the capacity of 750 beds. As of now, OPD services in dentistry, dermatology, ENT, general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, paediatric surgery, psychiatry, surgical oncology, telemedicine and urology are operational.

The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

About PMSSY:

PMSSY was announced in 2003 with objectives of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.

The PMSSY is implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 It has two components:

Setting up new AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences)
Upgradation of government medical colleges in various states.
The project cost for upgradation of each medical college institution is shared by the Centre and the state.