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PM Modi Laid Foundation Stone of National Centre for Ageing at AIIMS New Delhi
PM Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone of National Centre for Ageing at AIIMS New Delhi-Details
Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone of the National Centre for Ageing at AIIMS, New Delhi on 29th June 2018.
The Prime Minister also dedicated the underground connecting tunnel between AIIMS and JNPA Trauma Centre, and Power Grid Vishram Sadan at AIIMS along with the 500 bedded New Emergency Block and 807 bedded Super Specialty Block at the Safdarjung Hospital to the nation.
The National Centre for Ageing will provide state of art clinical care to the elderly population.
The National Centre for Ageing will provide multi-specialty health care and will have 200 general ward beds, which will include 20 medical ICU beds.
The National Centre for Ageing will be developed at a cost of Rs 330 crores and shall be completed by February 2020.
The underground tunnel is providing connecting facility between AIIMS and JPNA Trauma Centre and will reduce the commute time between the two centers.
The completed length connectivity between two centers is approximately 1 km and has been completed at a cost of Rs 44 crores.
