Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad and Chief Minister of the State Raman Singh are likely to inaugurate AIIMS, Raipur, on February 27.
Azad is also the President of the institute body of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur. “The official correspondence has been sent to the minister’s office and we are almost certain that Azad will grace the occasion with his presence,” said Deputy Director (administration) Neeresh Sharma. A 160-beded trauma centre will be formally inaugurated in Block 1 of the institute premises on February 27. The hospital is also aiming to open a 1,000-beded facility for public by the end of year 2014, Sharma said.
The trauma centre would admit and operate upon patients hurt in road accidents, fire incident etc. The hospital is expanding at a rapid rate and more staff will recruited in a phased manner. At present, there are 65 consultants, 80 junior doctors and 30 senior resident doctors in the hospital. Around 100 nurses will be joining the institute within a timeframe of three months.
The present strength of the nurses in the hospital is 50. “Our drug store provides all the medicines at 65 percent less than the print rate. An average number of more than 500 patients come to the hospital on a daily basis,” said Deputy Director (administration) Neeresh Sharma. Four major operation theatres (OT) will become functional within three months in AIIMS. Critical operations could then be performed in the institute.
AIIMS Raipur is one of the six AIIMS being established by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna.