The chief minister expressed gratitude to the Department of Atomic Energy, NISER, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their assistance and support with the forthcoming Cancer Hospital.
The Odisha government and the Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, inked a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday to build a cutting-edge cancer hospital on the NISER campus in Jatni, not far from the state capital.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik witnessed the signing of the MoU by the Health and Family Welfare Department. The agreement was signed by Dr. Rajendra Badwi, director of the Tata Memorial Center in Mumbai, and Dr. Ajit Kumar Mohanty, special secretary for public health.
As indicated by the director of the Tata Memorial Center in Mumbai, the state government will supply a cyclotron equipment to meet the needs for radioisotopes for therapy, Patnaik added.
The chief minister expressed gratitude to the Department of Atomic Energy, NISER, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their assistance and support with the forthcoming Cancer Hospital.
He claimed that this institution will serve as a prime example of private, state, federal, and research institution collaboration for the benefit of the populace.
According to the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding, the Department of Atomic Energy’s Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in Mumbai will build and operate a 200-bed hospital at a proposed cost of Rs 650 crore. For this initiative, the Department of Atomic Energy has set aside Rs 400 crore, while Tata Trusts would invest Rs 250 crore.
Badwi also expressed her satisfaction about the center’s assistance from the state government. He stated that in order to determine the scope of the issue, the centre will conduct a population-based register.
NISER now provides 17 acres of land. The state will donate an additional 40 acres of land for the cancer facility’s future expansion, where it will be possible to build a 30MeV cyclotron, staff housing, township and academic buildings, rest areas for patient attendants, and dharmasalas.
Service, Education, and Research will be the project’s three guiding principles, an official said, adding that under the service component, this institution will provide state-of-the-art cancer treatment to residents of Odisha so that cancer sufferers do not need to travel outside the state. For the entire eastern region of India, the institution will offer a full range of paramedical and oncological academic programmes.
Translational research for the distinctive cancers of Odisha will be carried out by the institute in partnership with NISER. The facility will assist the state in developing effective procedures for accessible cancer treatment and management.
All forms of advanced cancer treatment, including surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, radiology, pathology, microbiology, biochemistry, preventive oncology and palliative care, nuclear medicine, etc., will be available.
Additionally, the Cancer Hospital will work with the state government to strengthen the ability and skills of Odisha’s medical professionals. The Mayurbhanj and Ganjam districts’ cancer care wings will be strengthened with technical assistance from the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC). This cancer hospital will be integrated into the TMC’s National Cancer Grid in Mumbai.
Every year in Odisha, there are estimated to be 18,000 cancer fatalities and close to 40,000 newly diagnosed cancer patients.
According to a state government programme known as the Odisha Comprehensive Cancer Care Programme (OCCP), cancer hospitals with 50 beds each are being built in 11 districts in Medical Colleges and District Hospitals.
In accordance with their promise to the Odisha Government, Tata Trusts will construct this hospital inside the NISER campus in collaboration with Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.
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