Cancer institute in Lucknow to turn 250-bed facility, start eight more operation theatres

LUCKNOW: In a big relief to cancer patients waiting for treatment and surgery, the Kalyan Singh Cancer Institute located at Chak Gajaria in city is all set to increase its bed strength and operation theatres (OTs) by six times.
While two operation theatres will start functioning in the new building from the next week, four more OTs will be added by January-end. With this, the number of OTs will increase from three to 11.
Similarly, the indoor patient building is also nearing completion and will start functioning from January end with 250 beds. At present, the institute has 40 beds, said acting director of the institute Prof Dr RK Dhiman, who is also director of SGPGIMS.
Medical education minister Suresh Khanna inspected the status of construction work and expressed satisfaction over the progress.
He said that Rajkiya Nirman Nigam has handed over the building to the institute and now the process of arranging beds and anaesthesia machine, suction machine, sterilizer machine, defibrillators, OT tables and other equipment is on.
Chief medical superintendent of the cancer institute, Prof Anupam Verma, said that the increase in beds and OTs will substantially cut short the waiting period of cancer patients and provide them relief more promptly.