Archive · 4 Jan 2026
AIIMS-Delhi Launches Night-Shelter for Patients
AIIMS-Delhi has started a new night-shelter called Ashray.
This shelter helps patients and their family members who have to wait overnight for doctor appointments.
The shelter gives them a place to stay with free food, clean blankets, and clean bathrooms.
In the morning, they are taken back to the hospital in electric buses so they don't have to wait in long lines.
The shelter can hold about 250 people and is already full, showing how much it is needed.
The hospital might make it bigger in the future if more people need it.
This new shelter is a good example of how hospitals can take care of patients better.
AIIMS-Delhi launched the Ashray facility to provide overnight shelter for patients and attendants.
The facility offers free food, clean blankets, and access to hygienic toilets.
Patients are transported to and from the facility using eco-friendly electric shuttle buses.
The Ashray facility has a capacity of 250 individuals and is currently operating at full capacity.
The initiative aims to reduce overcrowding and improve patient comfort and dignity.
- Who
- AIIMS-Delhi and CRPF
- What
- Operationalized Ashray night-shelter facility
- When
- January 4
- Where
- New Delhi
- Why
- To provide safe shelter, comfort, and dignity to patients and attendants waiting for OPD services
- Facility Name
- Ashray
- Capacity
- 250 individuals
- Transport
- Eco-friendly electric shuttle buses
- Services
- Free food, clean blankets, hygienic toilets
- Support
- Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
- Purpose
- Reduce overcrowding and overnight queues
- Future Plans
- Possible expansion based on demand and space
