indiaUpdated: Dec 31, 2020, 12:38 ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rajkot in Gujarat and said that the nation had emerged as the nerve centre of global health. “Our focus was always on humanity, the PM said, adding that India has emerged as the nerve centre of global health. The project will mean generation of thousands of jobs, good health care and development of Gujarat, the PM said. In the past 6 years, we have started work on establishing 10 more AIIMS,” PM Modi said. Gujarat governor Acharya Devvrat, state chief minister Vijay Rupani, Union health minister and Union minister of State (MoS) for Health Harsh Vardhan were also present on the occasion.

Source: Hindustan Times December 31, 2020 05:42 UTC