The All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Thoppur in Madurai would be ready in about two years from now, said chief executive officer and executive director M. Hanumantha Rao on Monday.
The top official, who arrived here, to be part of the inaugural session of the first batch of 50 MBBS students admitted in AIIMS Madurai, said that until the permanent building was constructed at Thoppur, the classes would function temporarily on the fifth floor of the Ramanathapuram Government Medical College and Hospital.
Thanking the Tamil Nadu government for readily providing space for the classrooms, laboratories, dining hall and hostel for boys and girls on its premises, Dr. Hanumantha Rao said that instead of waiting for the permanent buildings to be ready at Thoppur for two years, the AIIMS management had decided to commence classes from this year.
