"We are thinking of setting up AIIMS, especially in rural areas for providing better health services to the people and asked the state governments to submit their proposals in this regard," the Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare told reporters after a programme.
"If these proposals are found as per the standards and depending upon the financial condition of concerned state governments, new AIIMS would be set up in these areas," he said.
He said the NDA government would start the OPD at Rae Bareilly AIIMS in 2017.
On the issue of malnutrition problems in his home state (MP), the Minister said, "We are serious on the issue and will take appropriate steps to address the problem."
On the occasion, he also informed that the Centre has decided to raise the standards of 58 government medical colleges of the country, including that of Gwalior, Rewa and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
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