AIIMS Gorakhpur OPD to become operational from 2019, MBBS course to begin from 2020: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

The dream of AIIMS hospital will no longer remain a dream for people said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the out-patient department (OPD) of AIIMS in Gorakhpur would become operational by the beginning of the year 2019. (PTI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the out-patient department (OPD) of AIIMS in Gorakhpur would become operational by the beginning of the year 2019. He was in Gorakhpur on Saturday where he laid foundation stones for 36 schemes worth Rs 87.57 crore. While addressing a gathering also confirmed that students would be enrolled in the MBBS course by 2020. Adityanath further said that eight new super specialty wards in Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College will be built by next month. People would be able to avail services by November, the CM added. “The dream of AIIMS hospital will no longer remain a dream for people. We are making efforts to start the OPD section in AIIMS by January or February 2019. We are also making efforts to start MBBS classes in 2020. Eight new Super Specialty Wards in BRD College will be built by the end of this month,” he was quoted as saying by ANI. The chief minister also said that 5 crore people of 1 crore 18 lakh families in the state will get medical help of up to Rs. 5 lakhs under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, slated to be launched on September 23. Adityanath also assured that those families, who did not receive their ration cards so far, will get it very soon.