J P Nadda directed AIIMS to operationalise National Cancer Institute by April 2018

“Chaired the 154th meeting of the Governing Body and 150th Meeting of the Institute Body of AIIMS, Delhi. “Directed the AIIMS administration to take all steps necessary to operationalise the National Cancer Institute by April 2018,” Nadda said in a series of tweets. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) coming up in Jhajjar, Haryana will be equipped with top medical facilities, including a first-of-its-kind tissue repository, and plans are
afoot for conducting research there on cancers which are more specific to India.

Nadda had recently said that the government was setting up two National Cancer Institutes, one in Jhajjar, at the cost of Rs 2,035 crore, which will be completed by March 2018 and commissioned in July that year.

Nadda also reviewed the progress of the AIIMS transformation project during the meeting. “Happy that the Phase I of the project has benefited over
35 lac patients,” he said.