The All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Bibinagar in Telangana is scheduled to become fully functional by December, according to Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda. During a review on July 9, he noted that construction stands at 87 percent completion. The project received approval in June 2022 at a cost of 1,100 crore rupees and has quickly become active. It now employs 132 faculty members and 133 senior residents. Two MBBS batches have finished their studies, and postgraduate training covers 24 MD fields plus five DM super-speciality programmes. Outpatient services across major specialties are running, with roughly 1,800 patients visiting daily on average. Inpatient and emergency care have started, along with CT, MRI and DEXA imaging. Telemedicine via the eSanjeevani platform has served over 156,000 patients, and PMJAY benefits are available. The minister stressed that AIIMS sites should combine research with patient care. The Bibinagar institute has obtained about 64 crore rupees in grants and runs 129 research projects, with faculty submitting 1,156 applications. It has also launched the first community radio station among AIIMS facilities, adopted six villages and held 547 medical camps serving 66,148 people. Remaining construction faces ongoing weekly monitoring by the Executive Director and bimonthly checks by the Health Ministry. The work required extensive upgrades to an existing state medical college rather than new construction from the ground up.
