Himachal CM Sukhu announces Rs 300 Crore Cancer Hospital in Hamirpur
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday announced that a state-of-the-art cancer hospital will be established in Hamirpur at a cost of Rs 300 crore.
Replying to a query by Congress MLA Rakesh Kalia, Sukhu said on the floor of the Assembly that cancer detection facilities are functional at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) in Shimla and the Dr Rajendra Prasad Medical College in Tanda, and soon the facility would be expanded to all the medical colleges in the state.
Stating that the rise in cancer cases is a cause of concern, the chief minister said the PET scan facility would be made available at the Tanda medical college in Kangra by October, and subsequently at all the other medical colleges in a phased manner, news agency PTI reported.
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Chemotherapy service is being provided at all the district hospitals, and the facility has now been extended to the zonal hospital in Mandi and the civil hospital in Sarkaghat, Sukhu said.
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