Govt To Name All 23 AIIMS After Local Heroes, Monuments & Geographical Identities

New Delhi: The central government has proposed to name all 23 AIIMS, including Delhi, based on regional heroes, freedom fighters, historical events, or monuments of the region.

According to a report by PTI, most of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has submitted the list of names after the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare sought suggestions in this regard.

Sources aware of the development told PTI that AIIMS several AIIMS are in operation, while others are being set up under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) are known by their common names and are recognized only by their specific location.

"So, the Union health ministry has drafted a proposal to give specific names to all the 23 AIIMS, which include those fully functional, partially operational, or under construction," PTI quoted the sources as saying.

The sources further said that in this regard, suggestions were sought regarding giving specific names to various AIIMS, which can be linked to local or regional heroes, freedom fighters, and specific geographical identity of the area where the concerned AIIMS is located.

Most of the AIIMS are believed to have suggested three to four names with an explanatory note for the names suggested.

Six new AIIMS – Bihar (Patna), Chhattisgarh (Raipur), Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal), Odisha (Bhubaneswar), Rajasthan (Jodhpur), and Uttarakhand (Rishikesh) were approved in the first phase of PMSSY and are fully operational.

The main objective of the aims is to develop a pattern of study in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate high standards of medical education in all medical colleges and other affiliated institutions of India.

Besides this, bringing in one place the highest level of educational facilities for training of personnel in all important branches of health activity and to bring self-reliance in medical education at the postgraduate level.

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