(a) whether the Union Government has received proposals from various States to establish
AIIMS-like Institutions in their States;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
(c) whether the Union Government has any proposal to upgrade certain medical colleges and
hospitals in various States to the level of AIIMS; and
(d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and location-wise?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)
(a)to(d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 65 FOR 8TH JULY,2009
Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) envisages setting up of AIIMS-like institutions
and upgradation of medical college institutions in order to provide tertiary healthcare services
and also quality medical education in the country.
In the first phase of PMSSY, six AIIMS-like institutions are being set up, one each in the States
of Bihar (Patna), Chattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Orissa (Bhubaneshwar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur) and Uttaranchal (Rishikesh), based on various socio-economic indicators like human
development index, literacy rate, population below poverty line and per capita income and health
indicators like population to bed ratio, prevalence rate of serious communicable diseases, infant
mortality rate etc.
In addition,13 existing Government medical college institutions are being upgraded in terms of
infrastructure and equipments. List of institutions being upgraded is annexed.
Further, during the second phase of PMSSY, it has been decided to establish two more AIIMS-like
institutions and upgrade six existing Government medical college institutions.The two AIIMS-like
institutions are proposed in the State of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal respectively.The six
existing Government medical college institutions proposed to be upgraded are as under:-
(i) Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab;
(ii) Rajendra Prasad Government Medical College, Tanda (HP);
(iii) Government Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu;
(iv) Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra;
(v) Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh (UP); and
(vi) Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak (Haryana)
ANNEXURE
Upgradation of medical college institutions in the first phase of PMSSY
1. Government Medical College, Jammu (J&K)
2. Government Medical College, Srinagar (J&K)
3. Kolkata Medical College, Kolkatta (W.B.)
4. Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (U.P)
5. Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (UP),
6. Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad(A.P)
7. Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical Sciences,Tirupati (A.P) (50% cost of upgradation will be
borne by the TTD Trust)
8. Government Medical College, Salem (T.N.)
9. B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad (Gujarat)
10. Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore(Karnataka)
11. Medical College, Thrivananthapuram, (Kerala)
12. Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi
13. Grants Medical College & Sir J.J. Group Of Hospitals, Mumbai, (Maharashtra).