Jammu, Feb. 3 -- The countdown has begun for the much-awaited commissioning of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jammu (AIIMS) by the end of this month. According to Dr Shakti Gupta, Executive Director of AIIMS, Jammu Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to inaugurate the state-of-the-art tertiary care health facility any time after February 18.

As of now the final schedule of the inauguration has not been confirmed by the office of the Prime Minister of India.

Briefing media persons on the progress of the ongoing works in the sprawling campus located near Vijaypur in the Samba district, Dr Shakti Gupta said we are already preparing for the launch and keen to provide better health care facilities not only to the people of J...