PM Modi to put basis stone of AIIMS at Rajkot

Narendra Modi will on Thursday lay the muse stone of a brand new All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Gujarat’s Rajkot at 11 am by way of video conferencing.  

Governor of Gujarat Acharya Devvrat, Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Union MoS for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey will even be current on the event. 

A complete space of 201 acres of land has been allotted for the venture and will probably be constructed at an estimated value Rs 1,195 crores. The venture is predicted to be accomplished by the mid of 2022.  

The state-of-the-art 750-bed hospital will even have a 30-bed AAYUSH block. It may have 125 MBBS seats and 60 nursing seats, the Prime Minister’s Office stated in a press release. 

At a time when the nation is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic and with the evolving wants of a rising inhabitants rising day-to-day, it is very important have a greater medical infrastructure in place to rise as much as such challenges sooner or later. 

“Covid-19 has undergone some changes and mutations at various places. The reason of concern with UK strain is that pre-epidemiological data shows it’s more infectious and spreads more rapidly as far as the disease is concerned,” Guleria stated. 

He added that it is very important confirm the extent of the brand new variant’s presence in India since it’s extra infectious.  

“Study shows that UK strain is more infectious, therefore it’s a matter of concern and a lot of things are set in place by the government in terms of flights from UK, setting of the consortium to really see whether this strain has come to India… It’s unlikely that the UK strain, even if it had entered India, is causing a significant effect on our cases and hospitalisation. But, we need to be extra careful and make sure that we don’t let it come in India in a big way,” he added.