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Uttar Pradesh Unveils Rs 298-Crore RMLIMS Upgrade, Opens Gamma Knife and Neurosciences Centre

Officials frame the push as a technology-driven step to decentralize care through telemedicine.

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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath addressing the Foundation Day programme of Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on September 13. (HT photo)
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Overview

  • At RMLIMS’ foundation day in Lucknow, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated and laid foundation stones for projects totaling Rs 298 crore.
  • The institute commissioned a Rs 50 crore Gamma Knife and opened the state’s first advanced neurosciences centre to treat brain tumours and neurological diseases.
  • Adityanath urged expansion of tele-consultations to PHCs, CHCs and digital hospitals to ease crowding, drawing on the virtual ICU model used during COVID-19.
  • He presented RMLIMS as the gateway for high‑density eastern Uttar Pradesh with significant patient inflows from Bihar and Nepal.
  • The chief minister said work continues on a medical device park in Gautam Buddha Nagar and a pharma park in Lalitpur to bolster the health sector.