No central nod yet for setting up of AIIMS in Kerala
The minister was replying to queries by UDF MPs M K Raghavan, E T Mohammed Basheer and Hibi Eden on whether Centre has finalied the location for the establishment of AIIMS in Kerala in the upcoming phase from among the locations proposed by the state govt.
Jadhav, in his reply, said that the AIIMS are set up in different parts of the country in a phased manner. To date, the establishment of 22 AIIMS has been sanctioned under the scheme.
The state govt has identified and proposed four areas, including Kinaloor in Kozhikode, Kattakada taluk in Thiruvananthapuram, apart from one each in Kottayam and Ernakulam district.
He said that for strengthening and upgrading tertiary healthcare facilities in Kerala, under another component of PMSSY, the upgradation of Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, TD Medical College in Alappuzha and Kozhikode Medical College has been approved by way of construction of super speciality blocks (SSBs) on a centre-state cost-sharing basis.
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In addition, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) in Thiruvananthapuram has also been approved for upgradation by way of construction of an SSB on a cost-sharing basis between the health ministry and the department of science and technology.
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