600 more MBBS seats in AIIMS clones by 12

Updated on: Thursday, March 17, 2011

Come 2012 academic session, the medical colleges of the six AIIMS-like institutions will be open to MBBS students. The construction of the six medical colleges—each with 100 MBBS seats—will be over in August.

However, the super-speciality hospitals, being built along with the colleges, will be completed by 2012. They will function from next year.

In total, each AIIMS-like institution has been built at nearly Rs 847 crore, up from Rs 332 crore that was originally estimated.
 
Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, “The medical colleges in the six AIIMS-like institutions will start operating from next year. The super-speciality hospitals will follow.” The colleges are at Patna, Raipur, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur and Rishikesh under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY).

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