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Nation New Chapter of Development

Gorakhpur AIIMS: The path to self-reliance in the health sector

Protecting health is paramount. There has AIIMS IN GORAKHPUR TO BOOST
been rapid work since 2014 to improve the
health infrastructure. The country is on the HEALTH SERVICES
path of self-reliance in the field of medicine. The Gorakhpur AIIMS, built on 112 acres at
New medical colleges have been built in the a cost of Rs 1000 crore, will increase the
country; world class medical techniques availability of quality tertiary level health care
have been adopted. New health policy and services.
facilities like e-health have been made It has 750 bedded hospital, 18 specialties,
available. Work has started on 16 new AIIMS 17 super specialty departments and 14
in the last seven years. Also, campaigns like operation theatres. Construction of Ayush
Fit India, International Yoga Day, Ayushman Block, Medical College, and Nursing College.
Bharat, Digital Health Mission were started. Treatment of many serious diseases will be
Uttar Pradesh alone has got the gift of two available including the facility of CT Scan, MRI
AIIMS. Earlier the people of the state had to and Ultrasound.
go to AIIMS in Delhi for treatment. But now It has 125 seats for MBBS course apart from
AIIMS Gorakhpur will be the new destination. 25 other courses of medical education. Its
This AIIMS will also cater to the needs of the construction will provide direct and indirect
patients of neighbouring country Nepal and employment opportunities to the youth. With
of states of Bihar and Jharkhand. the increase in traffic, industries will get a
boost.

Research Assistance from
ICMR Regional Center For any country to progress, it is very necessary that its

n State-of-the-art facilities in the new health services be affordable, accessible to all. Otherwise,
building. New avenues of research I have also seen many people traveling from one city to
will open in communicable and non- another, pledging their land, taking loans from others
communicable diseases.
n This centre will provide assistance for treatment. I am working hard to get medical facility
to other medical institutions in for every poor, downtrodden, oppressed, exploited,
the region. It will help in dealing underprivileged, whatever class they belong to, in whatever
with Japanese Encephalitis, Acute area they live in, out of this situation
Encephalitis Syndrome.
- Narendra Modi, Prime Minister

ICMR: PROMOTING RESEARCH FROM THE state-of-the-art pathological test facilities at these
REGIONAL CENTRE centre, samples will not have to be sent out. To
The COVID pandemic has consolidated the goal further strengthen the health facilities, 9 state-of-the-
of strengthening the health infrastructure. Many new art labs were inaugurated at the Regional Research
dimensions are being added in the health sector. Institute of Baba Raghav Das Medical College,
ICMR Regional Medical Research Center Gorakhpur Gorakhpur, where testing and research of various
is an example in this direction. The new building of germ-viral diseases including Japanese fever will be
the Regional Medical Research Center with state-of- done. Samples will not have to be sent to big cities for
the-art facilities will open new horizons for research examination and treatment will be done immediately.
on malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, cancer and leprosy This will benefit lakhs of people of the districts of
in the area. These institutes will cure new and Purvanchal. This building has been constructed at a
emerging infections, nutritional problems as well as record speed so that people can take advantage of
diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. With it soon.

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