Para-military hospitals
At present Government has no proposal to set up Central Armed Police Forces hospitals on the line of Military hospitals. However, Government has approved establishment of a Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences (CAPFIMS) comprising of a 500-bed General Hospital, a 300-bed Super Specialty Hospital, a Nursing College and a School of Paramedics, at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, to provide healthcare facilities to CAPF personnel and their families. Necessary order has been issued on 22.10.2013. This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to a question by Shri Sanjay Kaka Patil in the Lok Sabha today.
