New Delhi: Union Health Minister J P Nadda said he would not allow any dilution in the standards of teaching and faculty at all the new AIIMS set up across the country as he vowed to protect the institute’s brand. Addressing the BJMFCON 2024, a forum of doctors from Bihar and Jharkhand practising in Delhi-NCR, Nadda said AIIMS-Delhi was set up in the ‘60s but it was only in the ‘80s that it became a brand name.
It takes 10 to 20 years for any institution to grow and function in full swing. I will not allow the dilution of the standards of AIIMS and will protect its brand name,” Nadda said, adding that no compromise will be made in the faculty recruitment. The health minister also said that the ground-breaking ceremony for AIIMS-Darbhanga will be held soon, while the commissioning of AIIMS-Deoghar has been done and recruitment of staff is presently underway. It takes 10 to 20 years for any institution to grow and function in full swing. I will not allow the dilution of the standards of AIIMS and will protect its brand name,” Nadda said, adding that no compromise will be made in the faculty recruitment.
The health minister also said that the groundbreaking ceremony for AIIMS-Darbhanga will be held soon, while the commissioning of AIIMS-Deoghar has been done and recruitment of staff is presently underway. Stating that several policy interventions have been made to transform medical education in the past 10 years, Nadda said, “In the 2017 health policy, we tried to make it comprehensive and holistic. Earlier, the stress was on the curative aspect but now the focus is on preventive, promotive, curative palliative and rehabilitative aspects — a holistic approach.” Underlining the government’s efforts on preventive aspects of healthcare and early detection of diseases in the country, he said there are 1.73 lakh high-quality Ayushman Arogya Mandirs in India that go through a high-quality digital assessment. Out of these, 10,716 Ayushman Arogya Mandirs have been set up in Bihar which have witnessed a footfall of 8.35 crore so far while there have been 4.36 crore screenings for non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
