Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday dedicated two state-of-the-art linear accelerators for radio therapy at Acharya Harihar Post-Graduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC) at Cuttack.
With this, the number of linear accelerators in the institute has gone up to four. The two Linac machines have been procured at a cost of Rs 38 crore.
The chief minister also inaugurated a 30-bed day-care unit at the institute, increasing the total beds to 42. The unit has been established at a cost of Rs 6 crore.
Inaugurating the two facilities virtually, the Chief Minister said, “Odisha has witnessed massive transformation in healthcare sector recently. Apart from strengthening infrastructure of various public health institutions and providing free quality healthcare under Biju Swathya Kalyan Yojana, the government is now focused to make the state a major centre of cancer care in eastern India.”
Besides infrastructure development for cancer care at public health institutions, the government is roping in private players to invest in the sector. Apart from Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre and Bagchi-Shankar Cancer Hospital in Bhubaneswar, a new cancer hospital is also coming up in Jharsuguda, he added.
