AIIMS New Delhi Signs Collaboration Agreement with University of Liverpool for Cancer Research

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi has signed a Collaboration Agreement with University of Liverpool for ‘AIIMS Liverpool Collaborative Centre for Translational Research in Head and Neck Cancer – ALHNS’. The ALHNS will build upon the pre-existing collaboration and links between the Liverpool Head and Neck Centre (LNHC), University of Liverpool and the Head and Neck Cancer Unit at AIIMS.

The agreement was singed in presence of Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya. ALHNS also aims to have commonly articulated strategic goals in order to deliver cutting edge medical innovation and personalized cancer treatments.

On the occasion, the Health Minister said that Prime Minister’s dream is that the country should become Ayushman, where health facilities become affordable, accessible and available to every citizen. He said, to ensure that everyone gets healthcare facilities with quality standard, the government has worked in the last 10 years by linking the health sector with development.

On the achievements of the Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and Ayushman Arogya Mandir scheme, the Minister said that till now, more than 6 crore people have received treatment under this scheme, due to which these poor people have saved more than  one lakh 12 thousand crore rupees. He added that one of the purposes behind establishing over 1.64 lakh Ayushman Arogya Mandirs is to ensure that primary cancer screening is done in the first stage itself.
 
Dr Mandaviya also virtually addressed the 5th Foundation Day celebration of National Cancer Institute (NCI) of AIIMS Jhajjar. He encouraged the institute to continue delivering quality healthcare to patients. It was dedicated to the nation on 12th February 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.