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Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana

The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) was announced in 2003 with the objectives of correcting regional imbalances in the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services and also to augment facilities for quality medical education in the country.

PMSSY has two components:-
(i) Setting up of AIIMS  

     Each New AIIMS to add:-

  • State of the art Modular OTs and diagnostics facilities.
  • 15-20 super specialty departments.
  • 750/960 Bedded Hospital.
  • 100 UG (MBBS) seats.
  • 60 B.Sc. (Nursing ) seats.
  • Focus on PG education and Research.

     Total 22 new AIIMS have been announced so far under this component

(ii) Upgradation of Government Medical College(GMC)/ Institutions. 

       Each up-gradation project would be adding :-

  • 8-10 Super Speciality Departments.
  • Around 15 new PG seats.
  • 150-250 beds

     75 Projects have been considered under this component under different phases

 

NEED OF THE PROGRAMME :
India faces a huge need gap in terms of availability of number of hospital beds per 1000 population. With a world average of 3.96 hospital beds per 1000 population India stands just a little over 0.7 hospital beds per 1000 population.
The budgetary support for expansion of public health facility has been inadequate from governments. In most states salaries and wages account for as much as 70 per cent of the total health budget, leaving hardly any resources for expansion of services.
AIM:
The existing scenario suggests that public healthcare service should ensure three “Es- Expand – Equity – Excellence”. Access to adequate health care would need expansion of tertiary care facilities.
Tertiary care should be equitably distributed to different segments of population.
The setting up of new facilities will have to address imbalances at three levels- Regional, specialties, and ratio of medical doctors to nurses and other healthcare professionals.
OBJECTIVE :
PMSSY was first launched in March 2006 with the primary objective of correcting the imbalances in availability of affordable/reliable tertiary level healthcare in the country in general and to augment facilities for quality medical education in the under-served States.
The Government of India has been setting up new AIIMS to provide major thrust for creation of advanced tertiary healthcare infrastructure , medical education and research facilities in different parts of the country. To facilitate creation of these very important institutions in the country the Government of India has legislated AIIMS Act under which these AIIMS are established. In terms of the provisions of the Act, these new AIIMS are called Institutes of National Importance and are to function as Autonomous Institutions under Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
The object for setting up of the new AIIMS as enshrined in the Act are as below:

(a) To develop patterns of teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education in all its branches so as to demonstrate a high standard of medical education to all medical colleges and other allied institutions in India.

(b) To bring together in one place educational facilities of the highest order for the traning of personnel in all important branches of health activity; and

(c) To attain self-sufficiency in postgraduate medical education.

For promotion of above objects, AIIMS have been envisioned to undertake following activities:

(i)  Provide for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the science of modern medicine and other allied sciences, including physical and biological sciences;

(ii) Conduct experiments in new methods of medical education, both undergraduate and postgraduate, in order to arrive at satisfactory standards of such education;

(iii) Provide facilities for research in the various branches of such sciences;

(iv) Train teachers for the different medical colleges in India.

The new AIIMS institutions have been envisaged in times to come, to take leadership position in the matter of advanced tertiary healthcare, medical education and research, particularly focusing on research and regions specific medical and healthcare issues. As in the case of AIIMS-Delhi a much greater focus on postgraduate and higher education has been envisaged in all new AIIMS

 

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