The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai, Tamil Nadu will be functional by 2022. The AIIMS hospital will be set up at 224.24 acre in Thoppur which comes under Thirupparankundram Assembly constituency in Madurai district at a cost of Rs 1,264 crore.
The Central government has earmarked Rs five crore for initial works and the fund will be used to carry out basic construction works of the hospital.
The foundation stone for AIIMS in Madurai was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2019.