J.P. Nadda opens advanced bladder diagnostics and PET-CT facilities at Safdarjung Hospital
On 3 September 2026, Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated a Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics and PET-CT and SPECT-CT facilities at VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.
Summary
Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics in the Department of Urology and PET-CT and SPECT-CT facilities in the Department of Nuclear Medicine at VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, on 3 September 2026. The bladder centre combines Video Urodynamics (VUDS) with Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)-based brain mapping, the first such approach being attempted in India. The new facilities are expected to benefit about 5,600 patients a year at affordable cost.
Key facts
- Date/place
- 3 Sep 2026, VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi
- Inaugurated by
- J.P. Nadda
- Bladder centre
- VUDS + NIRS brain mapping – first such approach in India
- Nuclear medicine
- PET-CT and SPECT-CT
- Beneficiaries
- ≈5,600 patients a year
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics at Safdarjung Hospital, described as the first such approach in India, integrates Video Urodynamics with which technique?
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Correct answer: B — Near Infrared Spectroscopy-based brain mapping
The centre integrates Video Urodynamics (VUDS) with Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)-based brain mapping.
About how many patients a year are the new diagnostic facilities inaugurated at Safdarjung Hospital in September 2026 expected to benefit?
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Correct answer: D — 5,600
The new facilities are expected to benefit approximately 5,600 patients annually.