Chandigarh, April 21 -- After nine years of delays and anticipation, the Advanced Neuroscience Centre (ANC) at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) began a phased roll-out on Monday, with neurology OPD services going live and 581 patients registering on the first day.

The 300-bed centre, which will be formally inaugurated by Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda on April 30, has started partial operations from Level 2. Of the 581 patients, 181 were new registrations while 400 were follow-up cases.

Modelled on PGIMER's other specialised centres such as the Advanced Cardiac Centre, Advanced Paediatric Centre and Advanced Eye Centre, the ANC is expected to help decongest patient load handled at Nehru H...