Government of Kerala identified following four locations for setting up AIIMS in Kerala:
- Thiruvananthapuram district- Kattakada taluk, Kallikadu village, Block 31, Resurvey 66
- Kottayam district- Arpookkara, Athirampuzha and Peraicakadu villages
iii. Ernakulam district- Block No.5, 717/5, Block No.6, 321/1
- Kozhikode district- Kinalur and Kanthalad villages in Panangad Grama Panchayath, Thamarassery taluk.
Hon’ble Finance Minister while presenting the Budget for the year 2014-15 had announced setting up of four new AIIMS in Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Purvanchal in UP, and in the Budget 2015-16 has proposed to set up six new AIIMS in Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Assam and Bihar. AIIMS in Gujarat and Jharkhand have been announced in Budget of 2017-18. AIIMS in Kerala has not been included in any of budget announcements.