New Delhi, Feb. 17 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the AIIMS at Rajkot on Sunday next week.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rajkot in Gujarat is one amongst the several new AIIMS, being established under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

PMSSY aims to correct regional imbalances in the availability of affordable and reliable specialized health services and to enhance facilities for quality medical education in the country.

AIIMS Rajkot shall be a 750-bed hospital with multiple specialty as well as super-specialty departments.

The cost of construction of his state-of-the-art medical facility has been pegged at about Rs. 1195 cro...