The
Centre cleared a proposal for setting up of National Cancer Institute at the
Jhajjar campus of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi,
at a cost of Rs 2035 crore.
The cancer institute will be located in
Badhsa village in Jhajjar of Haryana, near Delhi and will be completed in a
period of 45 months.
Approving the Health Ministry's proposal on
Thursday, the Union Cabinet cleared a long-pending demand of Haryana
government.
The step is being considered as a landmark
in the area of cancer research in the country and shall lessen the deficit of
tertiary cancer care in the Northern region.
Cancer is emerging as a major public health
concern in India, where 11 lakh new cases are diagnosed every year and the
mortality rate is 5.5 lakh per year.
Cancer treatment facilities in India are
lagging behind when compared to WHO standards that require a radiotherapy
machine per million populations.
India at present has 0.41 machines per
million populations and the setting up of this institute will herald a new
chapter in the initiative against cancer.
The Institute will have 710 beds for
different facilities like surgical oncology, radiation oncology, medical
oncology, anaesthesia and palliative care and nuclear medicine. It will also
have the first of its kind Tissue Repository in India.
The National Cancer Institute will operate
on the lines of NCI in USA and DKFZ in Germany as a nodal center for indigenous
research, promotive, preventive and curative aspects of care and human resource
development.
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