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
Madurai: The Centre on Thursday informed Madras high court that full-fledged outpatient department (OPD) services would commence at the OPD block of AIIMS Madurai from January 1, 2027, and necessary arrangements are being made for the same. In the report, the Centre submitted that 59% of the AIIMS Madurai project would be completed during September. It further said that shifting of all the five batches (2021 to 2025) of MBBS students from the temporary campus at Ramanathapuram Government Medical College to AIIMS Madurai campus was completed on August 31 in a phased manner. 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 2021 by K Pushpavanam of Madurai. The petitioner stated that the central government had announced AIIMS at Thoppur in 2018. Subsequently, the central government had also issued a gazette notification for establishing AIIMS Madurai in 2020.
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