Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute bags MCI permission to start Super Speciality course in 3 oncology Disciplines
Assam: The Medical Council of India has granted permission to start three super speciality courses in oncology to Doctor B Barooah Assam Cancer Institute. With this, the institute has become the fourth Institute in the country to secured permission from the MCI to impart super speciality course in five disciplines of cancer.
Confirmation to this effect was given by the director of BCCI, Dr Amar Chandrakant Kakati announced that BCCI Guwahati is going to start super Speciality courses on 3 more disciples on oncology including M Ch (Head & Neck Surgery), MCh(Gynecological Oncology) and DM (Onco- Pathology).
As per Kakati, "Every year 39,000 new cancer patients are diagnosed in the entire North East India, of which, around 30,000 patients are from Assam alone. Moreover, out of seven cancer hospitals in Assam, only four are well equipped. Lack of trained and experienced doctors for cancer treatments is another problem. By keeping in this mind BCCI took a decision for capacity development in oncology. "
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