'Govt Completing Projects For Viksit Bharat': PM Modi Inaugurates Gujarat's First AIIMS In Rajkot

The AIIMS Rajkot is one of the five AIIMS dedicated to the nation by the prime minister from Rajkot on February 25.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shares his remarks at the Ashwamedha Yagya.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated Gujarat’s first All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Rajkot saying the government is completing projects for 'Viksit Bharat'. Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya and Bhupendrabhai Patel were present at the inauguration of AIIMS Rajkot.

Inaugurating the AIIMS in Rajkot, the prime minister said, "I took the government from outside Delhi to the corners of the country." 

PM Modi arrived in Rajkot earlier today and participated at a public event before inaugurating several development projects.

"Today we are seeing a glimpse in Rajkot of what the level of health facilities will be like in developed India. For 50 years of independence, there was only one AIIMS in the country, and that too in Delhi. In the seven decades of independence, only 7 AIIMS were approved, but they too were never completed," PM Modi said.

Prime Minister Modi dedicated to the nation five AIIMS at Rajkot (Gujarat), Bathinda (Punjab), Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh), Kalyani (West Bengal) and Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh). 

The new hospital is one of the five AIIMS dedicated to the nation by the prime minister from Rajkot on February 25. 

#WATCH | Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates, dedicates to the nation, and lays the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 48,100 crore, in Rajkot. pic.twitter.com/8gN0BMN1Li

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Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said the out-patient department (OPD) of the super-speciality hospital near Para Pipaliya village on the outskirts of Rajkot city was already operational. 

VIDEO | PM Modi (@narendramodi) felicitated in Rajkot, Gujarat. He will inaugurate and lay foundation stone of various projects shortly.

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PM Modi had laid the foundation stone of the mega facility through video conferencing in December 2020. 

Spread across 201 acres, Rajkot AIIMS is a world-class hospital with 720 beds, including ICU and super-speciality beds. 

The prime minister inaugurated 23 operation theatres, 30-bed AYUSH block and 250 beds of IPD. The remaining beds will be made available gradually, the health minister said. 

#WATCH | Gujarat: Prime Minister Narendra Modi the people in Rajkot as he arrives at a public event where he will inaugurate and launch several development projects. pic.twitter.com/ZYAQ0LJ6oz

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The hospital has been built at the cost of Rs 1,195 crore adding the OPD has already served nearly 1.44 lakh patients so far. 

The prime minister also virtually inaugurated four other newly-built AIIMS, located in Mangalagiri (Andhra Pradesh), Bathinda (Punjab), Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), and Kalyani (West Bengal). 

Modi also inaugurated and performed ground-breaking for projects of Rs 48,000 crore of different state and Central departments, such as NHAI, Railways, Energy and Petrochemicals, Road and Building, Ports and Health and Family Welfare.