No plan to link AIIMS to its Jhajjar campus by Metro rail

"There is no proposal to provide metro connectivity between AIIMS New Delhi and AIIMS campus-II at Badsa, Jhajjar, Haryana," announced the concerned agencies.

The country's premier institute demanded metro connectivity to AIIMS outreach OPD at Haryana, but it came to no use. Moreover, the centre wants Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to carry out a feasibility study of the project in the first instance.

Speaking to Millennium Post, Medical Superintendent of AIIMS Out-Reach OPD Dr Shakti Kumar Gupta said, "We have already sent the requested copy to present Chief Minsiter Manohar Lal Khattar and Bhupinder Singh Hooda and expected that this project will come to play."

He also stated that due to no connectivity to AIIMS –II Jhajjar , in the upcoming days, patient are going to face several problems to reach the hospital.

"All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has plans to establish several super-speciality and world- class research facilities at Badsa.

'The National Cancer Institute is proposed to be set up at an estimated budget of Rs 2,100 crore. The National Cardiac Care Centre is also proposed at Badsa," he added.

Also, this hospital will not cater patients from Delhi but also from across the country, stated Dr. Gupta.

According to an official, a large chunk of medical staff including doctors, nurses and paramedical personnel spends around four hours travelling between AIIMS campus in Delhi and Jhajjar daily which can be avoided by Metro connectivity.

"The fatigue is bound to have an impact on the efficiency of the personnel posted there. Considering the circuitous road route, the metro project would reduce the travel distance by nearly half and travel time to 45 minutes flat," said the official.

In a letter to Delhi Metro Corporation, Dr Gupta said, "The corridor would pave the way for efficient inter-hospital referrals between the two AIIMS facilities as well.

'This is even more pertinent when the safety of the patients is considered as the metro would provide a far safer mode of transport to the patients suffering from various ailments."

The new campus is running OPD services in pediatrics, gynecology, medicine, surgery, orthopedics and ophthalmology from 9 am to 1 pm for which staff is transported daily from the workplace and back.

Presently, All India Institute of Medical Sciences is around 17 km from Gurugram and the travelling time between AIIMS and Gurugram location would be about 40 minutes.

The distance from the residential quarters of AIIMS faculty in Vasant Vihar is 35 km and 22 km from Indira Gandhi International Airport