New Delhi: The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) has sanctioned construction of a 100-bed cancer hospital in Muzaffarpur, while the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) and has also established the first population based cancer registry for Bihar by TMC. TMC has also launched cancer awareness and screening camp with the support of Bihar Government in 15 districts of Bihar.
Giving details in the Rajya Sabha today, Union Minister of State Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh, said that the project will cost about Rs. 198 crore and the bihar Government has already transferred 15 acre land in Shri Krishna Medical College, Muzaffarpur, to the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) / Tata Memorial Centre (TMC).
In addition, the Minister informed, a 50 bedded modular hospital with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Donation fund had been commissioned there from February 1, 2021 with the services of TMC doctors and with the following facilities:
- Oncology OPD
- Day Care for chemotherapy
- Cancer Surgery
- Preventive Oncology
- Palliative Care
- Telemedicine
– global bihari bureau
