Jana Sena MP urges Centre to sanction two more AIIMS to A.P. and upgrade the one in Mangalagiri
Jana Sena MP Lingamaneni Ramesh has requested the Union Health Ministry to establish two additional AIIMS facilities in Andhra Pradesh. He argues that the current facility in Mangalagiri is insufficient to serve the state's large population and diverse regions.
Why it matters
The request highlights the ongoing challenges of regional healthcare infrastructure development and equitable access to medical services in India.
Jana Sena Party (JSP) Rajya Sabha member Lingamaneni Ramesh on Thursday wrote a letter to Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare J.P. Nadda, requesting sanction of two additional All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), one in Rayalaseema and the other in the North coastal districts (Uttarandhra), and upgrade the one in Mangalagiri into a full-fledged national centre of excellence.
Mr. Ramesh said that the additional AIIMS and transformation of the AIIMS-Mangalagiri would be of great use in meeting the healthcare requirements of the reorganised State of Andhra Pradesh by removing the regional healthcare disparities.
He pointed out that the Government of India had established AIIMS-M under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana after bifurcation of the unified State of Andhra Pradesh, and it rapidly emerged as a premier institution providing quality tertiary healthcare, medical education and research to lakhs of patients from Andhra Pradesh and the neighbouring States.
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