Samba, July 7: Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Sunday announced that the Outpatient Department (OPD) services would start soon at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Vijaypur, Jammu and that efforts are underway to recruit more distinguished faculties.
Addressing at the AIIMS Jammu, Nadda said that he would not compromise on the quality of AIIMS.
"Today we have 22 AIIMS in the country. I will do everything for the development of AIIMS. OPD will be opened within a fortnight shortly. We are working on the recruitment of staff. Medical institutions do not develop in a day, it needs at least a decade...We will not compromise on the quality of AIIMS,"
Nadda, Union Minister Jitendra Singh and BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh visited state of the art digital library and lecture hall at AIIMS Jammu.
He further said that AIIMS facilities, infrastructure, equipment, appliances and logistics are of world standard.
"We are trying to get more faculties here. The faculties who have come here so far are India's best faculties. Providing professional education is our privilege. Witnessing world-class medical facilities here is gratifying," Nadda added.
Earlier today, JP Nadda chaired a meeting with the leaders of the party's Jammu and Kashmir unit. The meeting was held in Jammu.
Union Minister Jitendra Singh, Jammu and Kashmir party President Ravinder Raina, and party's National General Secretary Tarun Chugh were present at the meeting.
J-K is likely to see its first Assembly election in September this year, according to the timeline fixed by the Supreme Court after the erstwhile state's special status was scrapped in 2019. The last Assembly election in the erstwhile state was held in 2014.
The BJP-led government scrapped Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir in August 2019 and bifurcated the state into two union territories. There have been demands from political parties for early assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir and the restoration of statehood. Earlier, the Supreme Court had asked the Election Commission of India and the Centre to conduct polls by September.
