News India Centre approves Kolkata-based cancer institute at Rs.534 crore

Centre approves Kolkata-based cancer institute at Rs.534 crore

New Delhi: The government on Thursday gave the nod to developing a state-of-the-art 460-bed second campus of the Kolkata-based Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute at a cost of Rs.534 crore with the aim to provide comprehensive



Cancer is emerging as a major public health concern in India. Around 11 lakh new cases are diagnosed every year and the mortality rate is 5.5 lakh per year.

India is lagging behind in cancer treatment facilities compared to World Health Organisation (WHO) standards, which require one radiotherapy machine per million people.

India at present has 0.41 machines per million people.

The setting up of the second campus at Rajarhat will be a new chapter in the initiative against cancer, a government official said.

"This approval comes in addition to the National Cancer Institute approved at Jhajjar and the setting up of 20 state cancer institutes and 50 tertiary care cancer centres in different parts of the country," the official added.

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