All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Darbhanga
दरभंगा एम्स | |
Other name | Darbhanga AIIMS |
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Type | Central Government Medical Institute |
Parent institution | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Affiliation | All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
Director | Executive Director - Dr Madhwanand Kar |
Location | Shobhan Village, Darbhanga, Mithila region, Bihar |
Campus | Urban |
Darbhanga AIIMS is a proposed All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Darbhanga city of the Mithila region in Bihar. The location of the proposed AIIMS is at Shobhan village, the outskirts of the city of Darbhanga.[1][2]
Description
[edit]Darbhanga AIIMS is a proposed medical college cum hospital being built at Shobhan village near the outskirts of Darbhanga city.[3] The AIIMS will be established under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY). There will be 100 UG (MBBS) seats, 60 B.Sc. (Nursing) seats, 15-20 Super Specialty Departments and 750 hospital beds, etc. It is expected that the new AIIMS will cater around 2000 OPD patients per day and around 1000 IPD patients per month.[4] The union council of ministers on 15 September 2020 had approved the fund of 1264 rupees for the construction of the proposed Darbhanga AIIMS.[5]
History
[edit]The proposal for the Darbhanga AIIMS (i.e., second AIIMS in Bihar) was announced by Arun Jaitley, the first finance minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, in the 2015-16 union budget.[6] In 2019, the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar proposed for upgradation of Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) as the second AIIMS in Bihar, to the central government. But later the unused 200 acres of land at DMCH was proposed for the site of the proposed AIIMS. Again later the Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar change the location and proposed Shobhan village as the location of the Darbhanga AIIMS.[6][7] The AIIMS construction team of the Central Government initially rejected the location at Shobhan Village, in the name of the flood area during the survey.[8] But after the formation of NDA collation government again in Bihar, the central government of India approved the location of Shobhan village near the Darbhanga, for the construction of the Darbhanga AIIMS. On 12 February, central team visited the location of Shobhan bypass near the city of Darbhanga for inspection of land and agreed to accept it as land for the proposed Darbhanga AIIMS.[1] The special secretary Shashank Shekhar Sinha of the health department of the Bihar Government has submitted the documents of 150.13 acres land to the executive director Dr Madhwanand Kar of Darbhanga AIIMS on 12 August 2024 for starting the construction of the proposed AIIMS. He also assured that the remaining 37.31 acres of land would be transferred soon in the next week.[5] Union Health Minister cum BJP president J P Nadda inspected the land on 7 September 2024.[9]
Movements for Darbhanga AIIMS
[edit]Due to the political differences between the central and state governments, inauguration of foundation stone of Darbhanga AIIMS was delaying. Therefore, in 2021, Mithila Student Union launched a movement in form of campaign called as "ghar-ghar se intaa laenge, Darbhanga AIIMS banaenge" which translates as "We will bring bricks from house to house and build Darbhanga AIIMS". Under the campaign of the movement, people from Darbhanga, Samastipur, Madhubani and Sitamarhi districts, etc. started collecting bricks from door to door in the Mithila region so that the foundation stone of Darbhanga AIIMS could be laid on 8 September 2021.[10] On 11 September 2023, Mithila Student Union (MSU) went on hunger strike demanding construction of Darbhanga AIIMS. The agitators of the hunger strike said "After Darbhanga, wherever the construction of AIIMS was announced, treatment is being provided and classes are being conducted, but eight years have passed since the announcement of Darbhanga AIIMS, not a single brick has fallen". The protesters again chanted slogans like "ghar-ghar se intaa laenge, Darbhanga AIIMS banaenge".[7]
Similarly on 2 October 2023, BJP MP Gopalji Thakur of Darbhanga Loka Shabha started "Hunger strike" for three days, demanding the construction of the Darbhanga AIIMS as soon as possible.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "दरभंगा एम्स पर आया अपडेट, इसी महीने फाइनल होगा अस्पताल का डिजाइन, केंद्र ने बनाई कमेटी". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Centre has agreed, the proposed AIIMS-Darbhanga will be built at Sobhan village, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar". The Times of India. 27 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "Nitish meets Union health secretary, reiterates demand for AIIMS at Shobhan". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Cabinet approves establishment of new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Darbhanga, Bihar". PMINDIA.
- ^ a b "दरभंगा AIIMS पर बड़ा अपडेट; नीतीश सरकार ने 150 एकड़ जमीन केंद्र को सौंपी, जल्द शुरू होगा निर्माण". Hindustan.
- ^ a b "Darbhanga AIIMS : दरभंगा एम्स पर क्या राजनीति हो रही, किसे-कैसे फायदा या नुकसान; समाधान भी जानें". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ a b Bharat, E. T. V. (11 September 2023). "Darbhanga News: 'घर-घर से ईंट लाएंगे, दरभंगा एम्स बनाएंगे'.. मिथिला स्टूडेंट यूनियन का अनशन". ETV Bharat News (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "बिहार और केन्द्र की सियासत फंसे दरभंगा एम्स निर्माण के लिए मिथिला स्टूडेंट यूनियन ने शुरू किया अनिश्चितकालीन भूख हड़ताल". News4nation.
- ^ "JP Nadda: जेपी नड्डा ने Darbhanga AIIMS की जमीन का किया निरीक्षण, सुपर स्पेशियलिटी अस्पताल के शिलापट का किया अनावरण - JP Nadda Darbhanga Aiims Muzaffarpur Visit Security Tight DMCH SKMCH All Updates". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "अस्पताल के लिए राम मंदिर जैसा अभियान, 'घर-घर से ईंटा लाएंगे, दरभंगा एम्स बनाएंगे...'". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 8 August 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
- ^ "दरभंगा एम्स को लेकर बीजेपी सांसद का अनशन तीसरे दिन समाप्त, कहा- जारी रहेगा आंदोलन". Zee News (in Hindi). Retrieved 27 June 2024.