Modi launches new healthcare initiatives at PGIMER, Chandigarh

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the state-of-the-art Maternal and Child Centre and Centre for Advanced Neurosciences at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. On this occasion, he also laid the foundation stone of a 150 bedded state-of-the-art Critical Care Block at PGIMER, Chandigarh under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM).

Minister said that the inauguration of state-of-the-art healthcare facilities and the foundation stone of new projects at PGIMER is an important step towards providing quality healthcare services to lakhs of people.

Highlighting the importance of the new healthcare facilities being dedicated to the nation, Jagat Prakash Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, said that the 300 bedded state-of-the-art Neurology Centre is a landmark achievement in the field of neurological healthcare in India.

He informed that for almost five decades from 1967, only 25 beds were available for Neurology and Neurosurgery in PGIMER, whereas this new centre will give a transformational boost to the healthcare capacity of the institute. Built at a cost of about Rs 440 crore, the Centre will provide a one-stop solution for neurology, neurosurgery and neurocritical care, making it more accessible to people to access state-of-the-art neurological treatments. 

Nadda said that the state-of-the-art Mother and Child Centre is one of the most modern healthcare facilities available for women and children in the country, providing comprehensive and specialist medical services at one place.

Equipped with 300 beds and state-of-the-art medical facilities, the centre will significantly strengthen maternal and child health services and benefit thousands of families in the region.