Kerala gets its first Department of Ocular Oncology for eye cancer treatment

Kerala:  An administrative sanction of `18 crore has been given for various projects to develop the Kannur Thalassery Malabar Cancer Center as a Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Science and Research.

Shailaja's teacher informed. 50 lakh for setting up of the first Ocular Oncology Department in the State, Rs. 25 lakhs per unit, Rs. 50 lakhs for expansion of oncology department, Rs. 26 lakhs for District Cancer Control Program Pilot Project, Rs. 1.91 crore for Hospital Quality Assurance Program and Cell, Rs. 2.32 crore for lifts in various blocks and 4.31 crore for the third phase of student hostels. 1.30 crore for the expansion of the Medical Library. An amount of `28 crore has been set apart for the development of this phase. He said the process of giving administrative sanction for the remaining amount was in progress.

This is the first time in the state that an Ocular Oncology Department has been set up in the government sector. This section is set up for the state-of-the-art treatment of cancer, which is rare in the eyes of adults and children. Patients often rely on other states for this treatment. With this in mind, the Department of Ocular Oncology is being set up for the first time under a government cancer center. The department will have state-of-the-art cancer early detection and treatment systems.