Team News Riveting
Raipur, May 22
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel today laid the foundation stone for setting up state cancer institute equipped with most modern technology and machines.
The project with entail an investment of Rs 120 crore. “The centre will come into operation within a year,” Baghel said while laying the foundation stone for the institute at a virtual programme.
Baghel added that the institute would be powered by ultramodern medical equipment and medical facilities to treat all kinds of Cancer. It will have facilities for treatment under one roof, along with state-of-the-art cancer ward with 100 bed capacity and a state-of-the-art ICU ward with 20 bed capacity.
In his address to the programme, Chief Minister said that in continuation of the efforts to expand health facilities in Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh Government has taken another important initiative with bhumipujan of State Cancer Institute. This institute will surely prove to be of utmost importance for the treatment of cancer patients.
Chhattisgarh Health Minister T S Singhdeo said that Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel had generously approved an amount of Rs 34.19 crore for the State Cancer Institute. An amount of Rs 51.84 crore has been collected for the institute and its construction will be commenced soon,” he added.
State’s Revenue Minister Jaisingh Agrawal informed that Rs 34.50 crore would be spent for the construction of the building for State Cancer Institute and Rs.80.70 crore will be spent on the equipment required. All types of chemotherapy, such as-targeted, immuno, molecular, meteronomic facility will be made available in the State Cancer Institute free of cost.
The institute will also have the facility of treatment state-of-the-art radiotherapy machine. Two Linear Accelerators, Cobalt Brachytherapy Unit, PET Scan machines, CT simulators, MRI machines and all state-of-the-art equipment for cancer research will be made available in the State Cancer Institute. Treatment for Breast cancer, cervical cancer, oral and throat cancer, lung cancer, colon and colon cancer, liver, gallbladder cancer, bone cancer, blood cancer will be provided under one roof.
