New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (October 21)  inaugurated the 806-bedded Vishram Sadan at National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Jhajjar Campus of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. The Vishram Sadan has been set up by the Infosys Foundation. The Prime Minister attended the event via video conferencing at 10:30 am and will address the inauguration.

Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and Chairperson of Infosys Foundation, Sudha Murthy, were also present on the occasion. Notably, The 806 bedded Vishram Sadan, is a part of Infosys' Corporate Social Responsibility, to provide air-conditioned accommodation facilities to the accompanying attendants of the Cancer Patients, who often have to stay in Hospitals for a longer duration, as per the press note released by the Prime Minister's Office.

"It has been constructed by the Foundation at a cost of about Rs 93 crore. It is located in close proximity to the hospital & OPD Blocks of NCI.". The NCI in Jhajjar is dedicated to cancer care and is an integral part of AIIMS. The institute hosts 710 patient care beds for the prevention, treatment, research and education of cancer.

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