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AIIMS inaugurated in Raipur - The Times of India
RAIPUR: Union minister for health and family welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday announced to set up a Rs 120 crore cancer institute at Bilaspur and a cancer research centre at Manendragarh in north Chhattisgarh. He was here to inaugurate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur.
Dedicating the 160-bed hospital here, he said the proposed centre to be set up at Manendragarh, at an estimated cost of Rs 45 crore, would cater to medical needs of tribals. Referring to steps being taken to improve facilities at AIIMS, Raipur, Azad said 4089 posts of doctors, employees and other officers have been sanctioned.
"Our country requires more hospitals with well-equipped doctors and nurses. For states like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir, Medical Council of India (MCI) has made changes in its rules, as now 20-acre land is being provided for these states. For proper healthcare of kids and pregnant women in rural parts of the country, 'Asha Scheme' has played an important role," he added.Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Raman Singh promised to take initiative to increase the 160-bedded hospital with 1,000 beds.
He said state government has already initiated a series of steps during the last 10 years, to improve medical education facilities, by establishing medical colleges at Jagdalur and Raigarh. While a medical college is being set up at Rajnandgaon, a new medical college is proposed for Sarguja. Referring to a vast population in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand suffering from genetic disorder of sickle cell anaemia, Singh urged the union minister to set up a national level centre for treatment and research on the disease at Raipur. He said lack of infrastructure was not only a challenge being faced by health sector, but the state is also facing challenge of reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality rate (IMR) and other complex ailments.
Union minister of state for agriculture and food processing, Charandas Mahant, state health minister, Amar Agrawal, union health secretary Lav Kumar Verma, state chief secretary, Sunil Kumar and AIIMS, director, Nitin Nagarkar were among those present.
RAIPUR: Union minister for health and family welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday announced to set up a Rs 120 crore cancer institute at Bilaspur and a cancer research centre at Manendragarh in north Chhattisgarh. He was here to inaugurate the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur.
Dedicating the 160-bed hospital here, he said the proposed centre to be set up at Manendragarh, at an estimated cost of Rs 45 crore, would cater to medical needs of tribals. Referring to steps being taken to improve facilities at AIIMS, Raipur, Azad said 4089 posts of doctors, employees and other officers have been sanctioned.
"Our country requires more hospitals with well-equipped doctors and nurses. For states like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir, Medical Council of India (MCI) has made changes in its rules, as now 20-acre land is being provided for these states. For proper healthcare of kids and pregnant women in rural parts of the country, 'Asha Scheme' has played an important role," he added.Speaking on the occasion, chief minister Raman Singh promised to take initiative to increase the 160-bedded hospital with 1,000 beds.
He said state government has already initiated a series of steps during the last 10 years, to improve medical education facilities, by establishing medical colleges at Jagdalur and Raigarh. While a medical college is being set up at Rajnandgaon, a new medical college is proposed for Sarguja. Referring to a vast population in Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand suffering from genetic disorder of sickle cell anaemia, Singh urged the union minister to set up a national level centre for treatment and research on the disease at Raipur. He said lack of infrastructure was not only a challenge being faced by health sector, but the state is also facing challenge of reducing Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) and Infant Mortality rate (IMR) and other complex ailments.
Union minister of state for agriculture and food processing, Charandas Mahant, state health minister, Amar Agrawal, union health secretary Lav Kumar Verma, state chief secretary, Sunil Kumar and AIIMS, director, Nitin Nagarkar were among those present.