200-bed cancer hospital to come up at NISER campus in Jatani
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday laid the foundation stone for Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (HBHRC) and said Odisha will get a world-class cancer care, research and innovation centre by December 2025.
The state-of-the-art facility and research center at the NISER campus at Jatani will be a 200-bed cancer hospital, he said.
The facility will be a great boost for people of Odisha in the treatment of cancer as they will no longer have to rush to Mumbai or other big cities for the purpose and will be saved from financial and mental distress.
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Patnaik said that healthcare is a top priority of the Odisha government and the state is spending more than Rs 225 crore every month for medical expenses of about 1.25 lakh people.
Stating that Odisha is witnessing a massive transformation in the healthcare sector, he said “We are strengthening our health infrastructure, prioritizing health education, and making regular recruitments of doctors. New medical colleges are coming up every year creating a huge pool of trained doctors. Our flagship Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana is providing free healthcare to over 94 lakh families in top healthcare institutions across the country,” he said.
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