A whopping 17 lakh patients visited AIIMS’ Out Patient Department (OPD) in a period of eight months since last July, lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
“About 16.60 lakh patients visited AIIMS OPD since July 1, 2015 till March 8, 2016 and nearly 10,000 patients visited AIIMS New Delhi every day,” Union Health Minister J P Nadda said in a written reply.
He also said the DDA has alloted 14.95 acre next to the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre in AIIMS, New Delhi. “Expansion of various facilities, including trauma centre at this piece of land is under consideration. Some of the steps taken by the Government for upgradation of AIIMS in the national Capital include setting up of National Cancer Institute, a new Mother and Child block, a new OPD block and a new hostel block,” Nadda said.