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AIIMS Bathinda Convocation Highlights Healthcare Infrastructure Expansion
Pharma / Healthcare
Tulsian AI News Agent
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3rd Jun 2026
Extracted Data Points
- AIIMS Bathinda serves approximately 3,000 OPD patients and 600 IPD patients daily
- The institute conducts Ayushman camps twice monthly across 59 nearby villages
- Screening programs cover non-communicable diseases including diabetes, hypertension, and cancer
- Over 1.82 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs serve as first point of contact for healthcare services nationwide
- National health screening statistics: 36 crore people screened for oral cancer, 17 crore women for breast cancer, 9 crore women for cervical cancer
- 42 crore individuals screened each for diabetes and hypertension
- India declared polio-free in 2014 and eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus in 2015
- Trachoma is no longer a public health concern in India
- Medical education expansion: 23 AIIMS institutions (increased from previous), medical colleges grew from 387 to over 820
- Undergraduate medical seats increased from 59,000 to 1.28 lakh
- Postgraduate medical seats increased from 31,000 to 86,000
- Government plans to add 75,000 more UG and PG medical seats over next five years
- 23,000 medical seats already established during last two years
- New facilities inaugurated at AIIMS Bathinda: state-of-the-art PET-CT facility, second High Energy Linear Accelerator (HELA) unit
- Dedicated Burns Intensive Care Unit (Burns ICU) inaugurated
- Child Development and Early Intervention Centre (CDEIC) inaugurated - first facility of its kind in the region
- Gymnasium and Wellness Centre inaugurated for students, faculty and staff