<div><strong>By Haider Ali Khan</strong></div><div> </div><div>The Union Cabinet has cleared proposals to set up three new All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AllMS) at Nagpur in Maharashtra, Manglagiri in Andhra Pradesh and Kalyani in West Bengal under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY) at a cost of Rs 4,949 crore. </div><div> </div><div>“The new AIIMS will be established as institutes of national importance for providing quality medical education, nursing education and also to provide tertiary healthcare facilities to the people of these locations. The proposed institution shall have a hospital with capacity of 960 beds. In addition, there shall be a teaching block, administrative block, AYUSH block, auditorium, nursing college, night shelter, hostel and residential facilities,” Power Minister Piyush Goyal said. </div><div> </div><div>Of the total expenditure of Rs 4,949 crore, the cost of the new AIIMS at Manglagiri would be to the tune of Rs 1,618 crore, at Nagpur Rs 1,577 crore and at Kalyani Rs 1,754 crore.</div><div> </div><div>Setting up of these AIIMS will address regional imbalances in availability of affordable and reliable tertiary health care services in these regions. It will augment the facilities of quality medical education and would also address the shortfall of health care professionals in these regions. </div><div> </div><div>The large populations of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal along with adjoining States and region will be beneficiary of this project.</div><div> </div><div>Six new AIIMS under the PMSSY have been made functional so far and also construction of AIIMS at Rae Barely is under progress.</div><div> </div><div>However, there has been no announcement about the proposed AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir about which Omar Abdullah showed his displeasure in a tweet.</div>
