AIIMS Bilaspur to be made functional within next six months, says Anurag Thakur

"The project of making AIIMS in Bilaspur, worth Rs 1,471 crore with 750 beds, medical college facilities, 64 ICU beds and 16 OTs on a 250-acre ground, will be ready in six  months," he said while attending a Covid vaccination warriors felicitation ceremony at Bilaspur.

Anurag Thakur

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He said people in the state had to go to AIIMS Delhi and PGI, Chandigarh, for their treatment, but after six months people would be able to get treatment at Bilaspur.

Anurag Thakur thanked current BJP national president and former Union Health Minister JP Nadda for his efforts in getting the hospital constructed.

AIIMS site. Photo: Social media

Taking potshots at the previous Congress governments at the Centre and in the state, he said, "We attained our freedom, Himachal Pradesh is celebrating its 50 years as a state, but nobody talked about building big hospitals here, let alone an AIIMS. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, he gave Himachal Pradesh its first AIIMS. During the UPA rule, the construction of AIIMS was started, but it never finished. But within the last five to seven years, the Modi government has made more AIIMS than the total number of AIIMS till 2014. Also, more AIIMS are being made."

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Union Minister of Health, Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya said AIIMS was indeed the biggest gift of the Union Government to the hill state. He said the world had acknowledged the brainpower of the country.

-PTC News