Bhubaneswar, Nov. 25 -- Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has requested the Centre for the establishment of second AIIMS in the State in Sundargarh district.

In a letter to the the Secretary of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Rajesh Bhushan, Chief Secretary of Odisha, Asit Tripathy stated,"Odisha presently has a fully functional AIIMS in Bhubaneswar which has emerged as one of the leading AIIMS in the country in terms of medical education and quality health care."

Considering that a second AIIMS has been established in Bihar and similar proposal is under consideration in another state, the Odisha chief secretary said, "In view of the health care requirements of Odisha, it is proposed that a second AIIMS may he considered for Wes...