Kolkata to have hospital like AIIMS

Updated on: Friday, January 29, 2010

Kolkata: A modern hospital will come  up on the lines of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said today.

For this, the Centre has provided Rs 100 crore and  the state government would sanction Rs 54 crore, Bhattacharjee told the 175th anniversary celebrations of the Medical College and Hospital, the country's oldest, here. On the medical services in the state, the chief minister said 70 per cent of the people still received health services in state-run hospitals.

Bhattacharjee said the government was alive to the deficiencies of the sector and trying to improve services.

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