Chandigarh, April 30 -- Union minister of health and family welfare JP Nadda is set to inaugurate two 300-bed each state-of-the-art facilities - mother and child care and neuroscience centre - at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) on Thursday.

The mother and childcare centre, built at the cost of Rs.485 crore, will ease the current patient load in the hospital as the number of live births taking place at the hospital and infants requiring intensive care has increased over the years.

The Advanced Neuroscience Centre, built at the cost of Rs.495 crore, will house neurosurgery and neurology departments under one roof. The inauguration will take place at the 39th convocation ceremony of the institute. As m...