Bihar: AIIMS-Darbhanga to be 750-bed hospital, says minister

PATNA: Union minister of state for health and family welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey said on Sunday the proposed AIIMS at Darbhanga would be a 750-bed health facility. It would come up by utilizing funds to the tune of Rs1,361 crore.
“In the meeting of the Expenditure Finance Committee chaired by the Union finance secretary on August 25, the ministry of health had approved the primary report of the project,” the minister said.
“After getting the green signal from the Centre, construction work will start. The second AIIMS in the state will benefit the people of north Bihar. The central government is committed to providing better, modern and affordable health facilities in the country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Altogether five superspecialty hospitals are being constructed in Bihar,” Choubey said.
He reviewed the construction works of Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga superspecialty hospitals. The minister directed the agency assigned the work to complete the construction of OPD as soon as possible.
Darbhanga MP Gopaljee Thakur also apprised the minister about the current status of construction of the superspecialty hospital in his home constituency town.