Jayalalithaa urges Centre to set up AIIMS in Tamil Nadu.....THE HINDU Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has requested in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the central government should set up the proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) “in the first phase during the current financial year.” For this purpose, the State government had identified five towns where the central government could set up the proposed AIIMS. These include Chengalpet in Kancheepuram district, Pudukottai town, Sengipatti in Thanjavur district, Perundurai in Erode district and Thoppur in Madurai district. Ms. Jayalalithaa in her letter has stated that the lands identified in these towns are suitably connected by road, rail and air and are already in the possession of state government and its agencies. Sufficient water and electricity are also available at all the five places. The CM has further said in her letter that she had already directed the State government officials concerned to provide all the details required by the Central government. “I am very keen to ensure that an institution of the stature of AIIMS is established in Tamil Nadu, as it would substantially augment the facilities in the State for providing quality medical education and also make available high-end tertiary level healthcare in the public sector to benefit the poor and middle classes,” Ms. Jayalalithaa has said in her letter. The state “has a proud record of speedy implementation of such projects and hence” should be “included in the list of States in which an AIIMS would be set up during the current financial year itself.” The CM’s letter is in response to a letter sent out to all State governments in June by the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, urging them to identify lands to set up AIIMS.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:30:10 +0000
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