The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal will soon become a brand of healthcare in city, said AIIMS Bhopal Director Dr Nitin M Nagarkar. The annual report 2017 of AIIMS Bhopal was presented here on Wednesday. Member of Parliament Alok Sanjar was also present on the occasion.
Nagarkar further said that AIIMS Bhopal is one of the seven AIIMS apex healthcare institutes being established in 2012 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).
With the aim of correcting regional imbalances in quality tertiary level healthcare in the country and attaining self sufficiency in graduate and postgraduate medical education and training the PMSSY planned to set up six new AIIMS like institutions in underserved areas of the country.
While talking with the media persons on Wednesday he said that AIIMS Bhopal has reached new heights in patient care and in coming future, it will become a brand of healthcare for the Bhopalites. He further said that all kind of quality facilities including infrastructure, patient care, admissions and other facilities are provided by the hospital.
Nagarkar while reviewing the annual report said that in year 2017 the number of students’ admission has reached to 100 from 49 in MD and MS courses. Similarly, in nursing college number of students has increased to 60 in year 2017.
Nagrakar also highlighted about the infrastructure, accommodation, hostel, new technologies in patient care and faculty members. Nagarkar said that in year 2017 as many as 1271 patients were registered for OPD and 5978 patients were treated at the hospital.