Consider Bhubaneswar for cancer treatment hub: Naveen

Odisha government today urged the Centre to facilitate opening of a hub of Tata Memorial Centre for cancer treatment in Bhubaneswar.
"I shall be grateful, if the Department of Atomic Energy could set up a hub of the Tata Memorial Centre at Bhubaneswar. We shall provide all necessary support from the state government for this purpose," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Stating that Odisha has been receiving a good number of patients requiring various types of medical interventions from neighbouring states, Patnaik said: "It would be helpful to have a hub of the Tata Memorial Centre in Odisha. This will be of invaluable service to the poor patients of Odisha as well as from our neighbouring states."

Patnaik said, apart from a branch of AIIMS and hospitals of the state government, the state now has good participation of private hospitals in and around Bhubaneswar. However, the need for an advanced cancer hospital and research centre in public sector is immensely felt to provide affordable care, the chief minister mentioned in the letter.
"I understand that Department of Atomic Energy gives grant-in-aid and manages the Tata Memorial Centre. It is learnt that the Centre has been setting up its hubs at different locations, for example, Sangur, Vishakhapatanam and BHU, Varanasi," Patnaik pointed out.