Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays Foundation Stone of AIIMS Rewari in Haryana
Vision of
Viksit Bharat underscores the Importance of the Health sector in propelling the
country towards that vision by 2047: Prime Minister
“Infrastructure
development also entails better healthcare facilities and health is an
intrinsic part of the country’s development agenda”
“AIIMS
Rewari will not only cater to the healthcare needs of Haryana but will also
create jobs for the youth and provide them with opportunities to pursue medical
education”
A ‘Historic
Day’ for Haryana’s healthcare ecosystem, AIIMS Rewari will immensely benefit
the people of Haryana as well as of neighbouring states by ensuring access to
great quality and affordable healthcare: Union Health Minister
AIIMS Rewari
will provide valuable medical service not only to the people of South Haryana
but also to the nearby region of North Rajasthan: Chief Minister, Haryana
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of All
India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rewari in the presence of Bandaru
Dattatreya, Governor, Haryana, today. The Prime Minister also laid the
foundation stone of various other development works in Haryana.
Manohar Lal, Chief Minister, Haryana; Rao Inderjit Singh,
Minister of State (IC), Planning, Statistic and Programme Implementation,
Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Dushyant Chautala, Deputy Chief Minister,
Haryana were also present on the occasion.
Expressing his elation at the ceremony, Prime Minister
associated the rapid speed of transformation of the health sector in the
country in keeping with the rising aspiration of the people. He highlighted the
vision of Viksit Bharat and underscored the importance of the health sector in
propelling the country towards that vision by 2047. Stating that “only a Viksit
Haryana can lead to a Viksit Bharat”, he said that “infrastructure development
also entails better healthcare facilities and health is an intrinsic part of
the country’s development agenda”.
The Prime Minister said, “this foundation laying ceremony of
AIIMS Rewari is line with the Government’s commitment to prioritize the public
health infrastructure and strengthen citizen-centric health services through
holistic development of the Health sector.” He said that “AIIMS Rewari will not
only cater to the healthcare needs of Haryana but will also create jobs for the
youth and provide them with opportunities to pursue medical education”.
The Prime Minister said that the last 10 years has witnessed the
approval of 15 new AIIMS and more than 300 new medical colleges including one medical
college in each district of Haryana.
Terming the foundation stone laying of AIIMS in Rewari by the
Hon’ble Prime Minister as “a historic day for Haryana’s Healthcare ecosystem”,
Union Health Minister, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that “it will immensely
benefit the people of Haryana as well as of neighbouring states by ensuring
access to great quality and affordable healthcare”.
Speaking on the occasion, Manohar Lal thanked the Union
Government for fulfilling a long-cherished wish of the people of Rewari for
provisioning one AIIMS in the region. He stated that “AIIMS Rewari will provide
valuable medical service not only to the people of South Haryana but also to
the nearby region of North Rajasthan”. He also hailed the decision of the Union
Government to assign one medical college in every district of Haryana as a
landmark in providing healthcare service to the last mile.
Rao Inderjit Singh underlined the importance that the government
has given to enhance infrastructure development in the country. He said “the
same push also being given in creating and upgrading health infrastructure
which is evident in the commitment to expand the network of AIIMS in the
country to 23.”
The establishment of AIIMS, Rewari in Haryana has been approved
under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme of the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. PMSSY aims to
correct regional imbalances in the availability of affordable and reliable
specialized health services and to enhance facilities for quality medical
education in the country. So far, establishment of 22 new AIIMS has been
approved under PMSSY. Of these, 15 AIIMS have been approved since 2014. AIIMS
of Haryana is one of them.
This new AIIMS is being developed at a cost of Rs 1650 crore on
203 acres of land at Majra Mastil Bhalkhi village in Rewari district of
Haryana. AIIMS, Rewari is a 750-bed hospital complex which includes a 100 seat
medical college, a 60 seat nursing college, a 30 bed AYUSH block, residential
complex for faculty and staff, hostels for undergraduate and postgraduate
students, Night Shelter, guest houses, auditoriums and shopping complexes etc.
This state-of-the-art hospital will provide high quality patient
care services in 17 super specialty and 18 specialty departments including
Cardiology, Gastro-Enterology, Nephrology, Urology, Neurology, Neurosurgery,
Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Endocrinology, Burns and Plastic Surgery.
The Specialty block of AIIMS Rewari will consist of 360 beds, while the Super
Specialty Unit will have 215 beds. The institute will also have a 75 bedded
Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 30 bedded Emergency & Trauma Centre, 16 modular
operation theatres, 2 minor operation theatres, diagnostic laboratories, blood
bank and pharmacy. The institute will provide better healthcare benefits to the
underprivileged population of remote areas of the state through community
outreach by virtue of its digital health infrastructure.
The establishment of AIIMS in Haryana will prove to be an
important milestone in providing comprehensive, quality and holistic
specialized care health services to the people of Haryana.
Senior officials of the Union Health Ministry, Government of
Haryana as well as representatives from the implementing agencies were also
present on the foundation laying occasion of AIIMS, Rewari.