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