Declare AIIMS location on Jan 1, HC tells Centre

Madurai: TIMES NEWS NETWORK





Ending any scope for further passing of buck on the location of the All India Insttitute of Medical Sciences in the state, the Madurai bench of the Madras high court on Wednesday asked the Centre to identify a location before December 31 and make it public on January 1.

 

Vinod Kumar, an undersecretary in the health ministry , had filed a counter before the court on June 22 saying that it was waiting for the Tamil Nadu government's response to set up the prestigious institute. The state government had to select the appropriate place as per the criteria and communicate it to the health ministry . Thereafter, the ministry would examine the sites, finalise the most suitable one and take further action, the undersecretary had said.