Union Well being Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda inaugurated the 2nd AIIMS Oncology Conclave 2025 on the Nationwide Most cancers Institute (NCI) of AIIMS, Jhajjar campus on Saturday.
Union minister JP Nadda speaks at a nationwide seminar on most cancers organised on the Nationwide Most cancers Institute, Haryana. (@DiprHaryana)
As per the ministry of well being and household welfare, the Nationwide Most cancers Institute (NCI) of AIIMS, Jhajjar campus, is among the largest public-funded healthcare tasks in India, devoted to offering modern most cancers care and analysis capabilities.
“The AIIMS Oncology Conclave aimed to bring together leading experts in oncology across all the Institute of National Importance (INIs) of India, to discuss advancements in cancer care, treatment methodologies, and ongoing research initiatives. With a focus on breast cancers and head and neck cancers, the conclave emphasized collaborative efforts in prevention and management of such cancers,” the Ministry acknowledged.
Addressing the gathering, Nadda confirmed his elation over the expansion and progress of the NCI since its inauguration in 2019, and acknowledged that “the institute has matured into a world-class healthcare provider in a short span of six years and over time, it has evolved into a referral centre offering multidisciplinary care and providing better and patient-centric care”.
He appreciated the dedication of medical doctors, well being employees and administration of the institute to make the progress occur.
Nadda additionally went for a particular go to to the newly constructed nuclear drugs focused remedy ward and the bone marrow transplant (BMT) unit on the NCI geared toward enhancing affected person outcomes by way of state-of-the-art remedy choices particularly for thyroid cancers and hematolymphoid cancers, respectively.
Underlining the significance of those developments, Nadda acknowledged that “these new facilities will provide state-of-the-art care to many cancer patients in this region”.
He added, “Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the narrative is changing regarding the Indian healthcare system where Bone marrow Transplant is possible in institutes like NCI.”
He additionally introduced that “the Government of India has approved the creation of 720 additional posts for NCI Jhajjar. These posts include: faculty positions, SRs/JRs, scientists, nurses, technicians and administrative posts and added that “with the creation of these additional posts, NCI will rise to greater heights.”
Nadda additionally felicitated the social activists and organisations who performed quintessential roles in guaranteeing replacement-donation-free transfusion providers to sufferers being handled at NCI within the final 5 years. Apart from, he launched an training quick movie as part of the tobacco cessation marketing campaign of NCI’s preventive oncology unit.