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Rajkot: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday said the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rajkot city is likely to be fully ready by October, as 65 per cent of the work has been completed so far. Mandaviya visited the AIIMS here during the day to take stock of the progress of the project. The out-patient department (OPD) of the hospital is already functional, while a 150-bed indoor hospital will be commissioned in August and 250-bed facility in September, he said. “At least 65 per cent of the physical work of AIIMS Rajkot has been completed. The plan is to complete all the works by October this year,” Mandaviya said. PTI

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RAJKOT (GUJARAT): The work on the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) project in Rajkot is going on at full pace and a full-fledged hospital operation is likely to start by October next year, said its Executive Director CDS Katoch. Speaking to The New Indian here, Katoch said, “We started the OPD (outdoor patient department) on December 31 last year, which is currently operating from the night shelter building here as most of the other parts are under construction.” He said that construction of the AIIMS Rajkot has been divided into two phases for smooth functioning of the hospital “Altogether, 25 buildings including the main building of the hospital are coming up on 201 acres of land in the revenue areas of Khanderi and Para Pipaliya villages on Jamnagar road of Rajkot at an estimated cost of Rs 1,195 crore,” the senior official said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for the facility, located in Khandheri village near Rajkot city through video conferencing on December 31, 2020. “In accordance with the concept of early operationalisation, AIIMS Rajkot commenced OPD operations in 12 departments in October last year. The OPD has begun from the permanent campus of AIIMS near Khandheri,” Katoch said, adding that 14 specialist doctors are running the OPD operations. Katoch also said that the AIIMS Rajkot is also running a wellness clinic for Rajkot district and not for entire Saurashtra as of now. He said the municipal corporation had provi...

अखिल भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान संस्थान, राजकोट, गुजरात અખિલ ભારતીય આયુર્વિજ્ઞાન સંસ્થા, રાજકોટ, ગુજરાત ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, RAJKOT, GUJARAT (A Central Autonomous Institute of National Importance under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY), Ministry of Health, Government of India)