A step to care of those who took care of us when we needed it the most !
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for National Centre for Ageing at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
- The Centre will be developed at cost of Rs. 330 crores and shall be completed by February 2020.
More about the National Centre for Ageing:
- The Centre will provide state of art clinical care to elderly population and shall play key role in guiding research in field of geriatric medicine and related specialties.
- It will also serve as key training facility for under graduate and post graduate courses.
- It will provide multi-specialty health care and will have 200 general ward beds, which will include 20 medical ICU beds.
Another major development in the field of medical care:
- Prime Minister also inaugurated 555 bed Super Speciality Block in Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi which hosts tertiary care facilities in areas of:
- Cardiovascular Sciences
- Neurosciences
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Nephrology
- Endocrinology
- He also dedicated 300 bedded Power Grid Vishram Sadan funded by the Power Grid Corporation in AIIMS.
- It is 300 bedded night shelter facility meant for patients and their relatives visiting AIIMS main hospital and JPNA Trauma centre at AIIMS.
- He also inaugurated underground tunnel providing connecting facility between AIIMS and JPNA Trauma Centre, reducing commute time between the two centers.
