Jammu, July 5 -- Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh today announced the setting up of an AIIMS Jammu Outreach Centre at Basohli in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

At a nearly three-hour long public durbar at Basohli, as part of his continued outreach efforts to engage directly with citizens and local representatives, not only at the district level bit also at Tehsil, block and Panchayat level, Dr Singh addressing a long-pending demand of the region, announced that the facility, AIIMS Outreach Centre, will ensure 24x7 availability of super-speciality doctors and surgeons as well as Emergency services.

The entire district administration, led by Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Minhas and senior officers of various departments like PWD, PHE, E...