All AIIMS can transform into institutes of global excellence: Dr. Mandaviya
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All AIIMS can transform into institutes of global excellence: Dr. Mandaviya

He urged the dignitaries to collaboratively work on the identified domains of improvement and make detailed reports on them

  • By IPP Bureau | January 09, 2023

All AIIMS are pivotal national institutes of tertiary care and the vision is to make them institutes of global excellence, said Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya addressing the 6th Meeting of the Central Institute Body (CIB), the highest decision making body of all AIIMS for finance, infrastructure, vacancy, recruitment, enforcement of policies, challenges and procurement, of All New AIIMS.

He further stressed that this can only happen with superior quality, clinical care, highest standards of medical education, and cutting edge research.

He was joined by Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Dr Anil Jain, Member of Parliament, Shri Ramesh Bhiduri, Member of Parliament and Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog. Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, Dr Rajiv Bahl, Secretary, Department of Health Research and Dr Atul Goel, Director General of Health Sciences were also present on the occasion.

Providing a platform for thought provoking ideas and issues for larger collaborative ‘Samvaad’, Dr. Mandaviya encouraged the dignitaries to take “Learnings from other Institutes of National Importance such as IITs and IIMs”.

Highlighting the need for creation of metadata for AI (Artificial Intelligence) and a professional work culture that can provide superior outcomes, the Union Minister encouraged all the AIIMS directors to create innovative models of functioning and present them in the next CIB meeting.

He also urged all the officials to steadfastly work towards making AIIMS able to compete with the best in the world.

Dr. Mandaviya appreciated the work done by all the AIIMS based on the recommendations of the previous CIB meetings. He urged the dignitaries to collaboratively work on the identified domains of improvement and make detailed reports on them. He also suggested that they further brainstorm on the important points discussed in today’s meeting.

“We have to collectively set a new benchmark in India’s healthcare system,” stated Dr. Mandaviya.

Prior to chairing the CIB meeting, the Union Health Minister also reviewed the functioning of AIIMS Bhubaneswar to assess patient services and interacted with the beneficiaries there.

Dr. Bharati Pravin Pawar highlighted that the aim of the Govt. is to take the brand of AIIMS to greater heights. She asked the delegates to study the functioning model of globally successful medical institutions and implement the best practices locally. She also suggested generating greater awareness among people on ABHA IDs and other govt schemes.

Various agendas were discussed at the meeting and detailed deliberations were held on follow up of earlier Chintan Shivir recommendations and functioning of all new AIIMS. Agendas discussed included Overview of New AIIMS under PMSSY, Sustainable Financial Model, Enhancing Patient Satisfaction & Use of ICT as Enabler, Management and Governance Paradigms & Managing Human Resources, Reaping Economies of scale in Procurement, Vision 2030, Outcome based Collaborative Research and use of Artificial Intelligence and follow up of remaining agendas of 5th CIB meeting.

Manohar Agnani, AS, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Jaideep Kumar Mishra, AS and FA, Ministry of Home Affairs; Dr. N. K. Arora, President, AIIMS Deogarh; Dr. Pramod Garg, President, AIIMS Awantipora; Dr. Chitra Sarkar, President, AIIMS Kalyani; Prof. Vijay Kumar Shukla, Rector and Vice Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, senior officers and representatives from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NITI Aayog, AIIMS, NIMHANS and ICMR participated in the day-long conference.

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