Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Safdarjung Hospital Adds Advanced Bladder and Nuclear Diagnostics
Safdarjung Hospital has opened a new centre to investigate difficult bladder problems.
Doctors will test how the bladder works and study related changes in the brain.
This may help them understand whether a problem comes from the bladder, the nervous system or both.
Officials say this type of testing will be tried in India for the first time.
The centre is expected to help around 5,000 patients every year.
The hospital has also added PET-CT and SPECT-CT scanning equipment.
These scanners can help doctors examine conditions such as cancer, heart problems and neurological diseases.
The new nuclear medicine services are expected to help 600–700 patients annually at an affordable cost.
Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda inaugurated the Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics at Safdarjung Hospital.
The facility combines bladder-function assessments with brain-mapping studies during bladder filling and emptying.
The diagnostic tool may help identify whether urinary disorders are bladder-related, neurological or a combination of both.
Officials said the approach will be attempted for the first time in India and could serve about 5,000 patients annually.
New PET-CT and SPECT-CT facilities are expected to support cancer, cardiac, neurological, renal and endocrine care for 600–700 patients each year.
- Who
- Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, Safdarjung Hospital and its Department of Urology and Nuclear Medicine.
- What
- A Centre for Advanced Bladder Diagnostics was inaugurated, alongside new PET-CT and SPECT-CT scanning facilities.
- When
- The facilities were inaugurated on Thursday; the articles do not specify a date.
- Where
- Safdarjung Hospital.
- Why
- To improve diagnosis of bladder disorders and expand diagnostic services for cancer, cardiology, neurology, renal diseases and endocrinology.
- Bladder diagnostics
- The new centre will assess bladder functions alongside brain-mapping studies.
- Diagnostic purpose
- The tool detects changes in cerebral blood oxygenation during bladder filling and emptying.
- Expected bladder patients
- Approximately 5,000 patients annually.
- Claimed national significance
- Officials said the approach will be attempted for the first time in India.
- New scanning facilities
- PET-CT and SPECT-CT facilities were installed in the Nuclear Medicine Department.
- Medical applications
- Cancer care, cardiology, neurology, renal diseases and endocrinology.
- Expected nuclear medicine patients
- Approximately 600–700 patients annually, at an affordable cost.