Prime Minister dedicates AIIMS Bilaspur to the nation
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the foundation stones and dedicates to the nation multiple projects worth over Rs.3,650 crores at Luhnu, Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh.
He laid the foundation stone for Rs.1,690 crore project for four-laning of the National Highway from Pinjore to Nalagarh on NH-105.
The 31-km road is a major connecting link for the traffic from Ambala, Chandigarh, Panchkula and Solan-Shimla going towards Bilaspur, Mandi and Manali.
About 18 km stretch of this four-lane national highway falls under Himachal Pradesh and the remaining portion falls in Haryana.
This highway will ensure better transport facilities in Nalagarh-Baddi, the industrial hub of Himachal Pradesh, and will also give a fillip to further industrial development in the region.
It will also boost tourism in the state, he said on 5 Oct 2022.
Among other projects, he laid the foundation stone for the Rs.350 crore Medical Device Park at Nalagarh.
The Park has signed Rs.800 crore of investment MoUs for setting up industries.
The Prime Minister also dedicated AIIMS Bilaspur to the nation. He had laid the foundation stone of the hospital in October 2017.
The Rs.1,470 crore AIIMS Bilaspur is a state-of-the-art hospital with 18 speciality and 17 super speciality departments, 18 modular operation theatres, and 750 beds with 64 ICU beds.
Spread over 247 acres, the hospital is equipped with 24 hours emergency and dialysis facilities, modern diagnostic machines like ultrasonography, CT scan, MRI etc, Amrit Pharmacy & Jan Aushadhi Kendra and also a 30 bedded AYUSH block.
The Hospital has also set up the Centre for Digital Health to provide health services in the tribal and inaccessible tribal areas of Himachal Pradesh.
Also, specialist health services will be provided by the hospital through health camps in the inaccessible tribal and high Himalayan regions like Kaza, Saluni, and Keylong.
The hospital will admit 100 students for MBBS courses and 60 students for nursing courses every year.
Modi also inaugurated the Government Hydro Engineering College at Bandla.
The Rs.140 crore college will help make available trained manpower for hydropower projects, in which Himachal Pradesh is one of the leading states.
It will help in upskilling the youth and providing ample job opportunities in the hydropower sector. fiinews.com
