A group of journalists from Manipur on Wednesday met Professor (Dr.) Ajai Singh, Executive Director of AIIMS Bhopal and got information about the various schemes running in AIIMS Bhopal and the medical facilities available.

Talking to a group of journalists, Professor (Dr) Ajai Singh said that AIIMS Bhopal has been successful in generating confidence among the people during the last 16-17 months.

Due to which the patients coming to OPD have increased from 60 thousand to 95 thousand, 56%, the patients admitted to IPD have increased from 32 thousand to 51 thousand, 58%.

At the same time, emergency cases have unexpectedly increased by 170% from 3500 to 9300. Similarly, the number of beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat Scheme has increased by 53% to 13337. AIIMS Bhopal ranks third in the country in the field of digitalization. So far 141713 IDs have been linked to Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission.

AIIMS Bhopal has been declared as a Center of Excellence for Rare Diseases by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Facilities for patients will be expanded in the coming days.

In which establishment of Transplant Centre, Kidney and Liver Transplant, Gamma Knife facility, Apex Pediatric Centre, Transgender Clinic etc. are prominent. The team of journalists from Manipur included Ms. PH Kenny, S. Bimala, KH Nomita, Arish and Prem Kumar.

The journalists saw the management of the entire hospital and also talked to the patients and got information about the facilities they were getting. Expressing happiness over the facilities being provided to the patients, the journalists also thanked Professor (Dr) Ajai Singh, Executive Director of AIIMS Bhopal for interacting with them.