MoU signed between Sports Injury Centre (Safdarjung Hospital) and Sports Authority of India to strengthen sports medicine and athlete care
The Sports Injury Centre at Safdarjung Hospital and the Sports Authority of India have signed an MoU to expand sports medicine, research, and athlete healthcare support.
AI generated- The Sports Injury Centre is described as India’s premier tertiary care centre dedicated to sports medicine, arthroscopy, sports injury management, rehabilitation, and sports sciences.
- The Sports Authority of India supports athlete development and is the partner institution in the new sports medicine MoU.
- The Sports Injury Centre and the Sports Authority of India signed a memorandum of understanding on 11 July 2026.
- Punya Salila Srivastava said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare would examine ways to expand sports medicine facilities and strengthen postgraduate education in sports medicine.
The Sports Injury Centre (SIC), Safdarjung Hospital, and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen sports medicine and athlete healthcare. The arrangement is meant to connect clinical care, sports science, research, and training for athletes and support staff associated with SAI.
This is significant because the collaboration links a tertiary-care hospital facility with a national sports body. The stated objective is a coordinated model for injury prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and evidence-based sports medicine support.
What changed now
UPSC may ask how public health institutions and sports bodies can work together to build India-specific sports medicine systems, improve rehabilitation, and create trained specialists.
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