New Delhi, April 8 -- The 8th Central Institute Body meeting of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences was held under the Chairpersonship of Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda on Tuesday.

During the meeting, various agenda items relating to developing AIIMS as Institutes of Excellence in teaching learning, clinical care and research were discussed in detail. It was noted that out of 22 AIIMS approved under the scheme, 18 AIIMS are operational and these institutes are providing state of the art, affordable tertiary care health services to the people in underserved and remote areas of the country.

Union Health Minister launched the Inter AIIMS Referral portal made by AIIMS Delhi. He emphasized that all the ...