MOHALI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi would inaugurate the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre at Medicity in New Chandigarh (Mohali) on August 24.
Deputy commissioner Amit Talwar said, "The chief secretary has been holding a series of meetings to chalk out plans and safety protocol during the PM's visit."
The much-awaited OPD service of 25 to 30 patients has been started in just one department and after being formally inaugurated, all services would start, said Talwar.
As many as 35 to 40 new doctors and paramedics have been appointed and the hospital was in the process of recruiting more doctors and paramedics.
The 300-bed state-of-the-art hospital would act as a tertiary care centre for the entire northern region comprising Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre deputy director Dr Ashish Gulia said, "We have started the operation of the first phase on a trial basis. Regular OPD will be started after the inauguration. This hospital is being operated by the central government's department of atomic energy. It will cater to patients of seven states." After the formal inauguration, the hospital would start radiotherapy, radiology, CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, X-ray, mammography, medical oncology, chemotherapy, day-care ward, pathology and lab facilities, minor OT, besides initiating OPD services such as surgical oncology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, palliative care preventive oncology.
The prestigious project, a unit of Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai, has been set up with a sanctioned cost of Rs 663.74 crore in built-up area of 40,545 square metre, for which 50 acres of land had been provided free of cost by the Punjab government.
The centre is equipped with high-end diagnostic and treatment facilities such as two linear accelerators, brachytherapy, PECT CT, bone marrow transplant (BMT), CT simulator, MR simulator, interventional radiology and surgical facilities, besides day-care centre, ICU and recovery units.
The hospital is fully IT-based with electronic medical records facility, said Gulia, while adding that it would also be interlinked with all the Tata Memorial Centres located across the country.
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