AIIMS to procure machinery and equipment worth Rs 261.90 crore
AIIMS to procure machinery and equipment worth Rs 261.90 crore
| The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) would be procuring machinery and equipment worth Rs. 261.90 crores in the financial year 2015-16. AIIMS has processed over a 1000 tenders for procurement and till date nearly 600 tenders have been finalized. An expenditure of Rs. 71.33 croreon machinery & equipment has been incurred. The Institute’s main hospital and the Departments have been allocated Rs. 136.90 crore and for the Centres an allocation of Rs. 125 crore has been made. |
Says V.Srinivas, Deputy Director Administration AIIMS, “All efforts are being made to ensure timely completion of procurement processes including regular meetings of the Technical Specifications Committee, the Store Purchase Committee and the Price Negotiations Committee. The Institute has benefitted from the deployment of a Super Time Scale office as Chief Procurement Officer from the Directorate General of Supplies and Disposables who enabled formulation of a detailed procurement plan and streamlining of the procurement processes. Orders are being placed in all cases where the Store Procedure has been completed.”
Major equipment being procured in the financial year 2015-16 include SMILE (Small Incision Lenticule Extaction)for Lasik Surgery by the Dr R.P.Centre for Ophtalmic Sciences, an RIS PACS system (radiology information system) to store, manipulate, and distribute patient radiological data and imagery by the Department of Radiology and a High End CT scanner capable of advanced cardiovascular applications by Department of Cardioradiology CN Centre. In addition to replacement of anesthesia workstations with anesthesia modular monitors by the Department of Anesthesia, Robotic High Through Put Nanolitre Dispenser Crystalization System by the Department of BioPhysics and the 1.5 Tesla MR Scanner by the Department of NMR,a major strengthening of the Centre for Rural Health Services Project is being undertakenat Ballabhgarh.
The new equipment would be installed in the current financial year and would significantly enhancethe AIIMS capability to modernise patient care.