Edited by Deepali Verma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital project at Majra Balkhi village in Rewari on February 16. This announcement came from Gurugram member of Parliament (MP) and Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh on February 8 and he added that a massive public meeting will be held in Majra village for the event, where preparations are in progress for the inaugural function.
“The AIIMS project is expected to transform healthcare in south Haryana and people from neighbouring Rajasthan can additionally benefit immensely from this medical facility. During the current Parliamentary session, I met PM Narendra Modi and invited him to lay the foundation stone of this project and he agreed,” said Singh.
A state government spokesperson said that state cooperative minister Banwari Lal, as well as other administrative officers such as Rewari deputy commissioner Rahul Hooda, inspected the site of the AIIMS project in Majra-Bhalkhi village on February 8. Besides the foundation stone laying ceremony, the PM will also be addressing the gathering on February 16, he added.
The AIIMS hospital located in Rewari is the 22nd such project to be set up by the Union government across the country. The project stretches over 210 acres and will be constructed at an amount of ₹1,231 crore.
Singh informed that tender of the project had been allotted in December last year and the work is expected to be complete in the next two years. “Work for designing, engineering, procurement and construction has been allotted to a major construction company,” he said.
The Gurugram MP talked about how getting the project sanctioned and rolling it on the ground was a major challenge as initially, the proposed project was to be constructed at Manethi village in Rewari. “The land that was previously recognised for the project was found to be under the forest area. Hence, the location was dropped.But, the people of Majra showed a big heart and offered their land for the hospital project, which made sure that the AIIMS Rewari project could take off,” he said.
“I am beyond grateful to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for sanctioning this project under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana,” he said.
The AIIMS hospital in Rewari will create opportunities for direct employment for nearly 3,000 people and indirectly for close to 10,000 people, the MP added.
The hospital will be equipped with 750 beds and an out-patient facility for 1,500 patients daily. It will come with a 100-seat medical college, 25 super speciality departments and a nursing college. It will also feature facilities of private wards, trauma beds and AYUSH beds will also be available on the campus. Night shelter, guest house, 1,000-seat auditorium, hostel and residential facilities will be constructed on campus as well.
Residents of Rewari, Mahendragarh, Bhiwani, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Mewat, Palwal and Faridabad of Haryana and Alwar and Jhunjhunu districts of Rajasthan are set to benefit from this hospital, said the MP.
