Government of Kerala identified following four locations for setting up AIIMS in Kerala:

                        i.      Thiruvananthapuram district- Kattakada taluk, Kallikadu village, Block 31, Resurvey 66

                      ii.      Kottayam district- Arpookkara, Athirampuzha and Peraicakadu villages

                    iii.      Ernakulam district- Block No.5, 717/5, Block No.6, 321/1

                    iv.      Kozhikode district- Kinalur and Kanthalad villages in Panangad Grama Panchayath, Thamarassery taluk.

Hon’ble Finance Minister while presenting the Budget for the year 2014-15 had announced setting up of four new AIIMS in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Purvanchal in UP, and in the Budget 2015-16 has proposed to set up six new AIIMS in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Bihar. AIIMS in Gujarat and Jharkhand have been announced in Budget of 2017-18. AIIMS in Kerala has not been included in any of budget announcements.

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh Faggan Singh Kulaste stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.

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MV/LK