All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi Extension, Jhajjar

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi Extension, Jhajjar campus, based at Badsa in Jhajjar district of Haryana state of India, is an extension campus of AIIMS New Delhi, a medical college, medical research center, tertiary care superspeciality hospital and a public university. It is its second extension camps of AIIMS Delhi.

History

In 2009, 300 acres (120 ha) land was acquired free of cost from the Government of Haryana by AIIMS Delhi. In 2012, it started its first activity as an outreach out patient department. AIIMS Delhi is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare as a premier medical institute in India in the field of medical education, research and patient care. Jhajjar Extension campus of AIIMS New Delhi was visualized by Minister of Health and Family welfare of India Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss and Prof. Tirath Das Dogra the then Director of AIIMS Delhi in 2009. AIIMS-II was thought to be developed as the largest Medical Education center for medical super-specialties in the World. It was to be built at a cost of ₹10 billion (US$150 million). Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad inaugurated Outreach OPD of AIIMS in November 2012. Government had also planned to establish National Cancer Institute within the campus of AIIMS Jhajjar.[1] [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

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