'Will Not Allow The Dilution Of Standards of AIIMS': J P Nadda

Union Health Minister J P Nadda vows to protect the standards of teaching and faculty at the new AIIMS and to ensure its brand value. Nadda was addressing the BJMFCON 2024, a forum of doctors from Bihar and Jharkhand.

While talking at the event, the health minister said that AIIMS was established in the 1960s and that it took 10 to 20 years for the institution to grow and function completely. “I will not allow the dilution of the standards of AIIMS and will protect the brand name”, he said.

Nadda mentioned the opening ceremony of AIIMS-Darbhanga and the commissioning of AIIMS-Deoghar. The health minister also spoke about several policy interventions to transform medical education and medical health.

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Talking about the 2017 health policy, he said that the government stresses a holistic approach that includes preventive, promotive, curative, palliative, and rehabilitative aspects. The primary healthcare centers have been converted into Ayushman Arogya Mandirs. At present, there are 1.73 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs, Nadda said. In Bihar and Jharkhand, there are 10,716 and 3,825 Arogya Mandirs respectively.

Additionally, in the last 10 years, the number of medical colleges have gone upt 786 and 156 district hospitals have been converted into medical colleges, he said.

The health minister also said that there is a plan to increase PG and MBBS seats by more than 75,000.