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31Dec,NEW DELHI: Government will set up the country's first-ever medical institute for Central paramilitary forces with a dedicated cadre of doctors for over eight lakh personnel on the lines of the Defence-run Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC).
The Union Cabinet had on December 22 approved a mega healthcare infrastructure project, including at super specialty hospital, for the troops of forces like CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, NSG and SSB, who are deployed for a variety of internal security duties in India.
"The Cabinet gave its in-principle approval for the establishment of a Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences ( CAPFIMS), a 500-bed general hospital, a 300-bed super specialty hospital, a nursing college and a school of paramedics," said P Chidambaram.
"This project, when completed, will fulfill a long felt need of the Central Armed Police Forces for a world class tertiary medical centre as well as for an assured stream of doctors, nurses and paramedics for induction into the forces," Chidambaram said. The paramilitary forces do not have a dedicated and regular stream of doctors in combat and far-flung locations at present.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/AFMC-like-institute-to-be-set-up-for-paramilitary-forces/articleshow/11311193.cms
The Union Cabinet had on December 22 approved a mega healthcare infrastructure project, including at super specialty hospital, for the troops of forces like CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, NSG and SSB, who are deployed for a variety of internal security duties in India.
"The Cabinet gave its in-principle approval for the establishment of a Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences ( CAPFIMS), a 500-bed general hospital, a 300-bed super specialty hospital, a nursing college and a school of paramedics," said P Chidambaram.
"This project, when completed, will fulfill a long felt need of the Central Armed Police Forces for a world class tertiary medical centre as well as for an assured stream of doctors, nurses and paramedics for induction into the forces," Chidambaram said. The paramilitary forces do not have a dedicated and regular stream of doctors in combat and far-flung locations at present.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/AFMC-like-institute-to-be-set-up-for-paramilitary-forces/articleshow/11311193.cms
