The Pradhan Mantri
Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) aims at correcting the imbalances in the
availability of affordable healthcare facilities in the different parts of the
country in general, and augmenting facilities for quality medical education in
the under-served States in particular. The scheme was approved in March 2006.The first
phase in the PMSSY has two components - setting up of six institutions in the
line of AIIMS; and upgradation of 13 existing Government medical college
institutions.