Question : MEDICAL FACILITY FOR SECURITY PERSONNEL



(a) whether the Government is considering a proposal to open any Central medical institute in Bastar region for immediate treatment of injured and sick security personnel deployed in naxal affected regions; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI R.P.N. SINGH)

(a) & (b): At present, there is no proposal to open a Central Medical Institute in Bastar region . However an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is being established under the Pardhan Mantri Swasthya Surakha Yojana (PMSSY) at Raipur in the State of Chhattisgarh.