Setting up of AIIMS
07/April/2017
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 5710
ANSWERED ON:  07.04.2017
Setting up of AIIMS
SHASHI THAROOR
 
Will the Minister of



HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:-


Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government/State Government of Kerala has identified four locations in the State suitable for the development of an AIIMS;

(b) if so, the timeframe by which the sites shall be finalised/project approved for setting up of AIIMS in the State; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?


ANSWER
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND 
FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a): Government of Kerala identified following four locations for setting up AIIMS in Kerala:
i. Thiruvananthapuram district- Kattakada taluk, Kallikadu village, Block 31, Resurvey 66.

ii. Kottayam district- Arpookkara, Athirampuzha and Peraicakadu villages.

iii. Ernakulam district- Block No.5, 717/5, Block No.6, 321/1.

iv. Kozhikode district- Kinalur and Kanthalad villages in Panangad Grama Panchayath, Thamarassery taluk.

(b) & (c): Hon’ble Finance Minister, while presenting the Budget for the year 2014-15, had announced setting up of four new AIIMS in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Purvanchal in UP, and in the Budget 2015-16, has proposed to set up six new AIIMS in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Bihar. AIIMS in Gujarat and Jharkhand have been announced in Budget of 2017-18. AIIMS in Kerala has not been included in any of budget announcements.


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