More AIIMS announced in 4 years than in past 70 years: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed his government has proposed and approved more numbers of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the past four years than there had been in the last 70 years. He was speaking at the AIIMS.

He inaugurated a tunnel connecting the main building to its trauma facility. The one-km long motorable tunnel will facilitate the transfer of the patients and their relatives, doctors, instruments and medicine between AIIMS, Ansari Nagar and Trauma Centre.

“We want to provide the best healthcare to our people at the lowest possible cost,” Modi said. He inaugurated a 300-bed Powergrid Vishram Sadan at AIIMS.

At Safdarjung Hospital, Modi inaugurated a 555-bed super-speciality block and a 500-bed emergency block.

NEW DELHI:

MODI VISITS VAJPAYEE

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited his ailing predecessor Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the third time.

Vajpayee was admitted to the AIIMS on June 11 with a kidney tract infection, chest congestion, urinary tract infection and urine output on the lower side.

According to a source at AIIMS, Modi visited Vajpayee for around 10-15 minutes.

The 93-year-old BJP leader, a diabetic, has one functional kidney. He had suffered a stroke in 2009 as well.. .