Lagatar24 Desk
Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh), Dec 5: Union Sports and Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur announced on Sunday that All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Bilaspur will be made functional within the next six months.
“Project of making AIIMS in Bilaspur, worth Rs 1,471cr with 750 beds, medical college facilities, 64 ICU beds & 16 OTs on a 250-acre ground, will be ready in 6 months,” said Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur at COVID vaccination warriors felicitation ceremony at Bilaspur.
Himachal Pradesh| Project of making AIIMS in Bilaspur, worth Rs 1,471cr with 750 beds, medical college facilities, 64 ICU beds & 16 OTs on a 250-acre ground,will be ready in 6 months: Union I&B Minister Anurag Thakur at COVID vaccination warriors felicitation ceremony at Bilaspur pic.twitter.com/EkllOInC5V
— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2021
He thanked the current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President and former Union Health Minister JP Nadda for his efforts in getting the hospital constructed.
He also said that Himachal Pradesh has become the first state in the country to achieve the target of 100% COVID-19 vaccination for its eligible population. He also pointed out that the vaccine wastage in the state had been almost zero per cent.
“While on the other hand, vaccines were found lying in the garbage cans in Rajasthan and these vaccines provided by the government were found in private hospitals,” he added.
Meanwhile, Union Minister of Health, Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya said that the AIIMS was indeed the biggest gift of the Union Government to the state.
