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MADURAI: The Centre on Thursday informed Madras high court that the full-fledged outpatient department (OPD) services would commence at OPD block of AIIMS Madurai from January 1, 2027 onwards and necessary arrangements are being made for the same. The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice C V Karthikeyan took note of the submission and closed a public interest litigation filed in 202 by K Pushpavanam of Madurai. The petitioner stated that the central government had announced that AIIMS would be established at Thoppur in Madurai in 2018. Subsequently, the central government had also issued a gazette notification for establishing AIIMS Madurai in 2020. He stated that cabinet approval for establishing AIIMS at Bibinagar in Telangana was also given on the same day where cabinet approval was given for Madurai in 2018.
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