Assam to have six cancer hospitals

Assam government today said it will set up six cancer hospitals under all the medical college hospitals across the state.
"We will have 200-bedded cancer hospitals in all the medical colleges in Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Barpeta, Tezpur and Silchar," Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told reporters here.
The first of these will come in the city withing next six months, he added.
"We have started work for the cancer hospital in Guwahtai and hope the it will be completed in six months," Sarma said.
He, however, did not share details about budget for this purpose.