New Delhi: Out of 75 Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) up-gradation projects approved under the Centre’s ambitious scheme- Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), construction works in 43 projects have already been completed while 6 AIIMS are functional from the 22 announced in the country so far.

The information to this effect was recently shared in Rajya Sabha session where the Minister of State at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoS Health) Ashwini Kumar Choubey replied to the question raised by member SK Gupta regarding the details and the present status of the scheme, the number of AIIMS operational and number of Government Medical Colleges (GMCs) upgraded till date.

As per the PMSSY which was brought out by the Central Government to correct imbalances in the availability of tertiary care hospitals and improve medical education in the country, branches of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are being set up in various parts of the country in a phased manner whereas, up-gradation and infrastructural development are being done to add more PG medical seats in the GMCs.

In his reply, the minister recalled that PMSSY is a Central Sector Scheme which was announced in August 2003 to address imbalances in the availability of tertiary care hospitals and improve medical education in the country. It has two components:

Setting up of new AIIMS: Out of total twenty-two new AIIMS announced so far, six AIIMS are functional and another fifteen AIIMS have been approved in different phases of the scheme.

Up-gradation of existing State/Central GMCs: This involves construction of Super Speciality Block/Trauma Centre and procurement of Medical Equipment and as on date seventy-five projects in twenty-three states have been approved.


Status of AIIMS

He informed the parliament that 6 AIIMS at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh are functional. Besides, OPD services in AIIMS Raebareli, AIIMS Mangalagiri and AIIMS Gorakhpur were commenced in 2018-19. Also, the OPD services have been started in AIIMS Nagpur in 2019-2020. Further, the academic session for MBBS course at AIIMS Mangalagiri and AIIMS Nagpur with 50 students was started in 2018-19. Further, 1st session of undergraduate MBBS course with 50 seats has also been started in AIIMS Raebareli, Kalyani, Gorakhpur, Bathinda, Deoghar and Bibinagar from the session 2019-20.

The construction status of OPD Block (Substantially completed) Residential Block as well as Hospital and Academic Campus at AIIMS Mangalagiri is 75 and 38 percent while at AIIMS Nagpur, the aggregate is 80 and 42.5. AIIMS Rai Baraeli's Residential Block is completed and Hospital and Medical College progress is at 65% and at AIIMS Bilaspur and Deogarh, the progress rate is 14 and 3.5 percent only.

AIIMS Kalyani status is at OPD Block - Progress -86%; Residential Block - 65%; while Hospital and Academic Campus is 43% complete. AIIMS Gorakhpur stands with 52.01 percent progress rate and for AIIMS Madurai, pre-investment activities are in progress.
Up-gradation of existing GMCs

Out of 75 GMC up-gradation projects approved, construction work in 43 projects has already been completed, the minister had informed the parliament while furnishing the following records.

With the maximum number of 11 proposed medical colleges for the up-gradation, Uttar Pradesh's progress rate stands at 4 medical colleges fixed up while construction is completed at 3 institutes.

Maharashtra and Bihar, both had applied for 6 medical colleges; while none of the institutes has their construction completed yet in Bihar. Maharashtra institutions have the development rate with 3 medical colleges completed; 2 already done and 1 institute with 87 per cent progress.

No development is seen in Delhi yet while for Karnataka and Tamil Nadu medical colleges, the construction is complete and up-gradation is done for 1 and 2 institutes respectively.

The detailed status of all the projects under the scheme is attached below
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S.No. State Name Phase Status/Progress of the Construction
AIIMS


1.

Andhra Pradesh

AIIMS Mangalagiri

IV OPD Block (Substantially completed) Residential Block (75%)

Hospital and Academic Campus – Progress (38%)
2. Assam AIIMS Guwahati V Progress - 7.22%
3. Bihar AIIMS, Patna I Functional
4. Bihar AIIMS, Bihar State Govt. yet to identify the site
5. Chhattisgarh AIIMS Raipur I Functional
6. Haryana AIIMS Manethi VIII State Govt. yet to hand over encumbrance free land
7. Himachal

Pradesh AIIMS Bilaspur V Progress - 14%
8. Gujrat AIIMS Rajkot VI Executing Agency appointed


9.

Jammu

AIIMS Jammu

V Master plan finalized.

Technical Bids for appointment of construction agency under evaluation by CPWD.


10.

Kashmir

AIIMS Kashmir

V Master plan finalized.

NIT for the construction works under preparation by CPWD.
11. Jharkhand AIIMS Deoghar VI Progress - 3.5%
12. Madhya Pradesh AIIMS Bhopal I Functional


13.

Maharashtra

AIIMS Nagpur

IV OPD Block (Substantially completed) Residential Block (80%)

Hospital and Academic Campus - Progress (42.5%)
14. Odisha AIIMS

Bhubaneswar I Functional
15. Punjab AIIMS, Bathinda V Progress - 44.56%
16. Rajasthan AIIMS Jodhpur I Functional
17. Tamil Nadu AIIMS Madurai V Pre-investment activities in progress.
18. Telangana AIIMS Bibinagar VII Executing Agency appointed
19. Uttar Pradesh AIIMS Raebareli II Residential Block completed

Hospital and Medical College- 65%
20. Uttar Pradesh AIIMS Gorakhpur IV Progress - 52.01%
21. Uttarakhand AIIMS Rishikesh I Functional


22.

West Bengal

AIIMS Kalyani

IV OPD Block - Progress (86%) Residential Block (65%)

Hospital and Academic Campus (43%)


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Sl. State Govt. Medical College Phase Status / Progress (%)
1. Andhra Pradesh 1. Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Medical
Sciences, Tirupati I Completed
2. Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada III Construction
Completed
3.Govt. Medical College, Anantpur III 92%
2. Assam 1. Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati III Completed
2.Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh III 84%
3. Bihar 1. Srikrishna Medical College, Muzaffarapur III 59%
2.Govt. Medical College, Darbhanga III 65%
3.Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna V 2%
4.Government Medical College, Bhagalpur IV 27%
5.Government Medical College, Gaya IV 29%
6. IGIMS, Patna V(B) Executing Agency
appointed
4. Chhattisgarh 1.Government Medical College, Bilaspur IV 22%
2.Government Medical College, Jagdalpur IV 25%
5. Delhi 1.UCMS-GTB hospital V -
6. Goa 1.Goa Medical College, Panaji III 53%
7. Gujarat 1. BJ Medical College, Ahmadabad I Completed
2.Govt. Medical College, Rajkot III Construction
Completed
3.Government Medical College, Surat DPR approved
4.Government Medical College, Bhavnagar IV 39.2%
8. Haryana 1.Pandit BD Sharma Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak II Completed
9. Himachal Pradesh 1. Government Medical College, Tanda II Completed
2. Indira Gandhi Govt. Medical College,
Shimla III 58%
10. Jammu & Kashmir 1. Government Medical College, Jammu I Completed
2.Government Medical College, Srinagar I Completed
11. Jharkhand 1.Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences
(RIMS), Ranchi I Completed
2.Patliputra Medical College, Dhanbad III 93%
12. Karnataka 1.Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore I Completed
2.Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Sciences,
Bellary III Construction
Completed
3.Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences,
Hubli III Construction
Completed
13. Kerala 1.Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram I Completed
2.Kozhikode Medical College III 77%
3.T.D. Medical College, Alappuzha III 75%
4. SCTIMST, Trivandrum V(A) 25%
14. Madhya Pradesh 1.Govt. Medical College, Rewa III Construction
Completed
2. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Medical
College, Jabalpur III Construction
Completed
3. GR Medical College, Gwalior III Construction
Completed
4. Government Medical College, Indore IV 67%
15. Maharashtra 1. Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group of
Hospitals, Mumbai I Completed
2. Government Medical College, Nagpur II Completed
3. Govt. Medical College, Aurangabad III Construction
Completed
4.Govt. Medical College, Latur III Construction
Completed
5.Govt. Medical College, Akola III Construction
Completed
6. Shri Vasantrao Naik Govt. Medical College,
Yavatmal. III 87%
16. Odisha 1.MKCG Medical College, Behrampur III Construction
Completed
2.VSS Medical College, Burla. III 66.50%
3.Government Medical College, Cuttack IV 1%
17. Punjab 1. Government Medical College, Amritsar II Completed
2. Govt. Medical College, Patiala III Construction
Completed
18. Rajasthan 1.SP Medical College, Bikaner III Construction
Completed
2.RNT Medical College, Udaipur III Construction
Completed
3.Govt. Medical College, Kota III Construction
Completed
4.Government Medical College, Jaipur IV 54%
19. Tamil Nadu 1.Government Medical College, Salem I Completed
2.Government Medical College, Madurai II Completed
3.Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur III Construction
Completed
4.Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli III Construction
Completed
20. Telangana 1. Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences,
Hyderabad I Completed
2.Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences,
Adilabad III 76%
3.Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal III 96.20%
21. Tripura 1.Agartala Govt. Medical College, Tripura III 72%
22. Uttar Pradesh 1. SGPGIMS, Lucknow I Completed
2. Trauma Centre (TC) in IMS, BHU,
Varanasi Completed
3.Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh II Completed
4.Govt. Medical College, Jhansi III Construction
Completed
5.Govt. Medical College, Gorakhpur III Construction
Completed
6.MLN Medical College, Allahabad III 94%
7.LLR Medical College, Meerut III Construction
Completed
8.Government Medical College, Agra IV 18%
9.Government Medical College, Kanpur IV 33%
10.SSB at Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU,
Varanasi I Completed
11.RIO at Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU,
Varanasi V(B) 40%
23. West Bengal 1.Kolkata Medical College, Kolkata I Completed
2.BS Medical College, Bankura III Construction
Completed
3.Govt. Medical College, Malda III Construction
Completed
4.North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling III 62%

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