PM Modi to inaugurate AIIMS Bilaspur, attend Kullu Dasara celebrations
The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for development projects worth over ₹3,650 crore and also address a public meeting in the poll-bound State,” an official statement said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate AIIMS, Bilaspur, and participate in the famous Kullu Dasara celebrations during his visit to Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday.
“He will inaugurate and lay foundation stone for development projects worth over ₹3,650 crore and also address a public meeting in the poll-bound State,” an official statement said.
It said Mr. Modi's vision and commitment to strengthening health services across the country is being showcased again with the inauguration of AIIMS, Bilaspur.
Mr. Modi had laid the hospital's foundation stone in October 2017 and it has been established under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, the statement said.
AIIMS, Bilaspur, constructed at a cost of more than ₹1,470 crore, is a state-of-the-art hospital with 18 specialty and 17 super-specialty departments, 18 modular operation theatres and 750 beds, including 64 ICU beds.
Spread over 247 acres, the hospital is equipped with 24-hour emergency and dialysis facilities, modern diagnostic machines such as ultrasonography, CT scan and MRI among others. It also has a Jan Aushadhi Kendra and a 30-bed AYUSH block.