AIIMS at Rajkot in Gujarat
January 4 , 2021
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- PM laid the foundation stone of the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences at Rajkot in Gujarat.
- It is established by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY).
- It is expected to be completed by mid-2022.
- The AIIMS Rajkot will be the 16th institute in the country.
- The last AIIMS to be made operational was AIIMS Deoghar, Jharkhand in 2019.
- These institutes have been declared by an Act of Parliament as Institutes of National Importance.
- AIIMS New Delhi, the forerunner institute, was established in 1956.
- Since then, 22 more institutes were announced.
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