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There is good news about Institute of Medical Sciences of BHU. It will be upgraded to AIIMS level along with 12 other colleges in the country, at a cost of Rs. 120 crores. Read the govt. press release:
http://pib.nic. in/release/ release.asp? relid=27558
UPGRADATION OF MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
16:47 IST
Rajya Sabha
Under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), it has been decided to set up six new AIIMS like Institutions, each in the States of Bihar (Patna), Chhatisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneswar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttaranchal (Rishikesh). The estimated cost for setting up each institute is Rs. 332 crore based on CPWD plinth area rates.
Under PMSSY, it has also been decided to strengthen 13 existing Medical College Institutions in terms of infrastructure and equipments. List of institutions being upgraded can be seen in the Annexure. An outlay of Rs. 120 crore has been approved for upgradation of each medical college institution. Out of this, the Government of India is investing Rs. 100 crore for each institution and the State Government’s share is Rs. 20 crore and subsequent recurring, maintenance and manpower costs. In respect of SVIMS, Tirupati, the TTD trust is bearing half of the cost i.e. Rs. 60 crore and the GOI share is only Rs. 60 crore. Likewise, in respect of IMS (BHU) Varanasi, which is a GOI institution, Rs. 20 crore is being provided by Ministry of Human Resource Development.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Health & Family Welfare, Smt. Panabaka Lakshmi on 4th May, 2007 in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.
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ANNEXURE
Upgradation of 13 medical institutes under PMSSY
- The following 13 medical institutes have already been identified for upgradation under PMSSY: -
- Govt. Medical College, Jammu (J&K)
- Govt. Medical College, Srinagar (J&K)
- Kolkatta Medical College, Kolkatta (W.B.)
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (U.P.)
- Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)
- Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad (A.P.)
- Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati (A.P.) (50% cost of upgradation will be borne by the TTD Trust)
- Govt. Medical College, Salem (T.N.)
- Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi (Jharkhand)
- B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
- Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore (Karnataka)
- Grants Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai (Maharashtra)*
- Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala)
N.B. * The upgradation is pending as the matter is subjudice in Nagpur Bench of Mumbai High Court on selection of this institution, instead of the Medical College at Nagpur.