The Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences (MAIDS) has taken two pioneering steps in dental healthcare and governance with the launch of India’s first Central Tissue Bank and a fully cashless Delhi Dental Council (DDC) office.
The initiatives were inaugurated on Tuesday (September 23) by Delhi Health Minister Pankaj Singh, who termed them “milestones in healthcare delivery and dental education.”
With the new system, the Delhi Dental Council has become the first state dental council in the country to adopt a paperless and cashless “V-Office” model, streamlining dentist registration and ethical practice monitoring.
Meanwhile, the Central Tissue Bank established under the Department of Periodontology at MAIDS will ensure a ready supply of tissue and bone grafts for patients, reducing dependency on costly market purchases and enhancing access to advanced dental procedures.
These developments come alongside the Delhi government’s push to widen access under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). Health Minister Singh recently announced that 100 more hospitals will be added to the scheme’s empanelled network, taking the total to 165 in the capital. The expanded list is expected to include leading private hospitals such as Fortis Healthcare, with the official rollout scheduled for early September.
Currently, according to the National Health Authority (NHA), Delhi has 151 hospitals empanelled under AB-PMJAY comprising 107 private and 44 government-run facilities.
Together, the new initiatives at MAIDS and the expansion of AB-PMJAY signal a significant leap forward in both healthcare infrastructure and patient accessibility in Delhi.
