Summary:
This was pointed out by Justice BN Sri Krishna Committee and later echoed by the Sivaramakrishnan Committee, former Minister Konathala Ramakrishna has said. He demanded converting VIMS into the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) as the proposed AIIMS in Guntur was ‘fat-fetched’ as there is nothing but an empty land parcel, surrounded by a compound wall. Mr.
Ramakrishna said the 400-bed Visakha Institute of Medical Sciences (VIMS), set up during the late Y.S. Saying that the entire cost would be borne by the Centre, the former Minister reiterated his demand for setting up of AIIMS in Visakhapatnam. All that was needed was its appropriate up gradation to enable setting up of AIIMS..