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patna, sep 25 (ians) the much-awaited medical college of the all india institute of medical sciences (aiims) began functioning here tuesday with the first batch of its students attending classes, an official said.
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soon after it was formally inaugurated by bihar's health minister ashwani kumar choubey, the first batch of 50 students of aiims-patna attended their first class at the medical college parts of which are still under-construction.
"the first class attended by the first batch of students symbolised the beginning of the medical college of aiims-patna," girish kumar singh, founder director of aiims-patna said.
singh said the first batch of students, comprising 13 girls and 37 boys, came from different parts of the country. they were selected through an all-india pre-medical test conducted by aiims in may in delhi.
singh recalled that a few months ago, union health minister ghulam nabi azad had announced the opening of aiims-patna this year.
aiims-patna will launch a hospital facility by the next year, singh told ians.
the central government in 2006 decided to set up six aiims-like institutes across the country, including at patna, bhopal, bhubaneswar, jaipur and rishikesh.
in 2009, the government had further decided to set up two more aiims-like institutes at raiganj in west bengal and rae bareli in uttar pradesh.
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