Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Prataprao Ganpatrao Jadhav on Wednesday hailed the recent role of the AIIMS, Delhi as the National Resource Centre of the National Medical College Network (NMCN) of the Ministry.
“This has enabled linkages with more than 100 medical colleges for enhancing undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education.
“This objective is being facilitated by the creation of a National Learning Management and Information System, SAKSHYAM, which was launched last year”, he said at the 69th Foundation Day ceremony of the premier health institute.
Speaking on the occasion, Jadhav also lauded the institute for setting up a Centre of Excellence for development of artificial intelligence in healthcare.
Created by the Ministry, this centre is expected to deliver AI based solutions for evaluation of chest x-rays, early detection of diabetic retinopathy, and identification of skin lesions, among other tools, for enhancing national programs.
AIIMS Delhi has also started the Centre for Medical Innovation & Entrepreneurship as a Bio-Incubator under the BIRAC – BioNEST Scheme and has been entrusted with the responsibility to operationalize the Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) at Maidangarhi.
On the occasion, the Minister also launched various initiatives undertaken by the AIIMS including SANTUSHT portal that enables patients to register their grievances online, track the status, and provide feedback regarding the resolution.
The Minister also inaugurated a fire station at AIIMS which will have a manpower of six men. “It is the first such station exclusively for any medical institute,” said an official from the institution.
Prof M Srinivas, Director, AIIMS, Delhi said “AIIMS has already received NABH certification for some of its blocks and centers and is in the process of NABH certification of all the centers including the main hospital.”
He highlighted that NABL accreditation of all laboratories in a phased manner is under process. He also informed that AIIMS has also been the forerunner in the implementation of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
“It has overcome various challenges and has been a role model for the country by creating more than 7 lakh ABHA IDs and more than 20 lakh scan and share tokens”, he said.
