Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital all set to begin Radiotherapy unit on July 1
Mohali: The Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (HBCHRC) in Medicity, New Chandigarh (Mullanpur) will soon have a radiotherapy unit operational from July 1st.
On December 30, 2013, The then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of this 300-bed state-of-the-art cancer institute and the construction of the institute was completed in January, this year. The hospital is built at a cost of Rs 400 crore on 50 acres of land. Punjab government to the Department of Atomic Energy allotted the budget and the land for the institute.
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The hospital caters to the entire northern region, comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. First phase services at the hospital include radiology, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, medical oncology, chemotherapy, day-care ward, pathology and lab facilities and minor operation theatre, besides initiating OPD services such as surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, palliative care and preventive oncology have already started.
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