New cancer hospital in Navi Mumbai

NAVI

MUMBAI: A 100-bed

cancer hospital

will be inaugurated in

Sanpada

on Wednesday. The 12-storeyed

Mahatma Phule Charitable Trust General Hospital

is equipped with advanced PET scan machine, making detection easy.

Twenty children diagnosed with cancer will be treated free of charge every month. Dr Prince

Surana

, the hospital's managing trustee, said, “To extend the benefits of the new scan technology, testing will be offered at a nominal rate. There will be a 20-bed intensive care unit and a three-bed isolation unit as well.“

The management has ensured that the hospital is empanelled with government insurance schemes. “We have seen that parents struggle to get the right treatment for their cancer-ridden children.This was one of the main reasons for keeping it accessible and affordable,“ added Dr Surana.