July 12, 2017 7:05 am
The lack of adequate emergency and trauma care is just one of the glaring holes at AIIMS Rishikesh. The Indian Express also came across a severe shortfall in beds for patients, qualified faculty, and essential equipment and staff.
July 12, 2017 7:06 am
“We are yet to begin services related to heart-related problems. The cardiology department is one of the 15 super speciality areas that have to be set up under the PMSSY. We will begin services soon, once the recruitment process is complete,” says an official at AIIMS Patna’s administration wing.
July 12, 2017 7:07 am
Prof Nitin Madhusudan Nagarkar, director of AIIMS Raipur who was given additional charge of AIIMS Bhopal in 2015, speaks to The Indian Express about plans to resolve concerns about lack of adequate faculty and infrastructure.
July 12, 2017 7:09 am
The Indian Express visited the AIIMS facility in Bhopal and accessed official records to find that the dismal state of its psychiatry department mirrors a larger problem at one of the six new such functional institutes set up for “correcting regional imbalances” in healthcare.



