Srinagar, Nov 05:Minister for Health and Medical Education Sakina Itoo on Thursday said that 100 MBBS students will soon start their studies at AIIMS Awantipora, while the Out Patient Department (OPD) will also be made functional shortly.
Speaking to reporters after the visit of Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda to AIIMS Awantipora, Itoo as per GNS said the Union Minister took a detailed review of the ongoing work at the site.
She said it was a matter of great happiness that the Union Health Minister, who had earlier announced 50 MBBS seats, today announced that 100 MBBS students will start classes here soon.
Itoo said the start of OPD services at AIIMS Awantipora will make a huge difference for patients in Kashmir, who presently have to travel long distances for advanced treatment.
She thanked the Union Health Minister for directing officials to make the prestigious institution functional as soon as possible.
The Minister said that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has visited the site several times during the last two years and she herself has accompanied him, so that AIIMS is completed and made functional at the earliest to strengthen patient care in the Valley.(GNS)
