( MENAFN - IANS) New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) In a major boost to the healthcare sector in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to launch, inaugurate, and lay the foundation stone of multiple health-related projects worth around Rs 12,850 crore on October 29, the PM Office said on Monday. The projects, to be initiated across the states on the occasion of Dhanvantari Jayanti and 9th Ayurveda Day, will be launched at around 12.30 p.
m. Tuesday at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), Delhi. The Prime Minister will inaugurate Phase II of India's First All India Institute of Ayurveda.
It includes a Panchakarma hospital, an Ayurvedic pharmacy for drug manufacturing, a sports medicine unit, a central library, an IT and startups incubation centre, and a 500-seat auditorium among others. Three three medical colleges at Mandsaur, Neemuch, and Seoni in Madhya Pradesh will also be inaugurated. PM Modi will inaugurate facility and service extensions at various AIIMS in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Kalyani in West Bengal, Patna in Bihar, Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Guwahati in Assam and in Delhi, which will also include a Jan Aushadhi Kendra.
A Super Speciality Block in Government Medical College at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh and a Critical Care Block in Bargarh, Odisha will also be inaugurated. The Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone of five Nursing Colleges in Shivpuri, Ratlam, Khandwa, Rajgarh, and Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh; 21 Critical C.