Kolkata to get AIIMS-like institute
West Bengal is likely to have an AIIMS-like medical institute to be established at Kalyani, about 50 km north of Kolkata. Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Sudip Bandopadhyay said that the institute will be set up on the lines of AIIMS at Kalyani in West Bengal soon.
Central Lawn of AIIMS (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Apart from West Bengal, such medical institutes were proposed to be set up in Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan initially.
“We will set up a medical institute on the lines of AIIMS at Kalyani in West Bengal soon,”
Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Sudip Bandopadhyay said while inaugurating a two-day conference on healthcare organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
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