The cancer hub housed in a seven-storied building has come up on a plot between the main block and MCH principal office.
Regional cancer hub at Medical College Hospital (Photo:SNS)
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who holds the health portfolio on Tuesday, virtually inaugurated the cancer hub at Medical College Hospital (MCH), oldest state government teaching hospital in the country.
The cancer hub housed in a seven-storied building has come up on a plot between the main block and MCH principal office.
The 109-bed modern cancer treatment centre officially started healthcare services for patients after the chief minister inaugurated it during an administrative meeting in Habra of North 24-Parganas district today.
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“The chief minister officially inaugurated the seven-storied building for both indoor and outdoor patients. All types of modern treatment facilities for cancer patients will be available in our newly-built regional cancer hub,” said Prof (Dr) Anjan Adhikari, medical superintendent cum vice principal (MSVP) of the MCH.
“There will be all facilities required for radiotherapy and chemotherapy for patients at the centre. The building will have units with highly-expensive medical devices starting from citi-simulator, brachytherapy, linear accelerator, nuclear medicine, onco-pathology, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, HDU etc. on different floors. Operation theatres (OTs) for surgical oncology patients have also been set up in the building,” Prof Adhikari added.
The chief minister also laid the foundation stone of another building where all administrative offices of principal, MSVP and other senior officials will be shifted there after completion of the project.
With a regular surge in cancer cases in West Bengal, the state government has decided to build outdoor treatment arrangements for cancer-affected patients in secondary and tertiary level hospitals. In some district hospitals, chemotherapy units have also been set up.
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