Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya has assured that the Centre will give in-principle approval for setting up All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Kinalur near Balussery in Kozhikode if the State government acquires the required land and hands it over to the Ministry.
This was revealed by M.K. Raghavan, MP, who met the Union Minister in New Delhi on Friday to discuss the proposal of establishing the State’s AIIMS in the district as well as the inauguration of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital.
Mr. Raghavan said that a land had already been identified at Kinalur and Kanthalod villages and its transfer was in progress. Further action from the State government should be expedited, he said.
