 "Work on AIIMS cancer institute starts at Jhajjar")
The construction work for the AIIMS National Cancer Institute, touted to be one of the largest government funded hospital project in the country, at Jhajjar in Haryana. Spread over the 300 acres, the project is planned to be completed within 3 years.
Speaking at the function, the Health Minister stated that the project is planned to be completed within 3 years. The institute will have 710 beds out of which 200 beds will be dedicated for translational research in India specific cancers. There will be 372 units of flats and 1080 hostel rooms for the staff members. For the patient attendants, a night shelter having a capacity of 800 units is also being planned, said J P Nadda, Minister for Health & Family Welfare.
AIIMS cancer institute will be modelled on the US-based National Cancer Institute (NCI), with which the Government of India has entered into a MoU during the Prime Minister visit to USA in October 2014.
In order to provide relief to poor people from the rising cost of cancer drugs, the ministry has launched AMRIT (affordable medicines and reliable implants for treatment) scheme recently, with the first outlet operational in AIIMS-New Delhi. “Medicines for treatment of cancer are being made available at discounts in the range of 9 percent to 90 percent. We are soon going to start AMRIT in all central government hospitals,” informed Nadda.
Speaking at the function, the Health Minister stated that the project is planned to be completed within 3 years. The institute will have 710 beds out of which 200 beds will be dedicated for translational research in India specific cancers. There will be 372 units of flats and 1080 hostel rooms for the staff members. For the patient attendants, a night shelter having a capacity of 800 units is also being planned, said J P Nadda, Minister for Health & Family Welfare.
AIIMS cancer institute will be modelled on the US-based National Cancer Institute (NCI), with which the Government of India has entered into a MoU during the Prime Minister visit to USA in October 2014.
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The institute will lead all the activities related to cancer in the country and will have the linkages with all regional cancer centres and other cancer centres/institutions within the country. To increase the tertiary care facilities in cancer, the government is implementing a scheme to support the establishment of 20 state cancer institutes (SCIs) and 50 tertiary care cancer centres (TCCCs) in different parts of the country, said Nadda. These will mentor all cancer related activities in their respective areas. The national cancer centre will act as an apex body for the network of the SCIs and TCCCs and shall develop and mentor Cancer related activities.
In order to provide relief to poor people from the rising cost of cancer drugs, the ministry has launched AMRIT (affordable medicines and reliable implants for treatment) scheme recently, with the first outlet operational in AIIMS-New Delhi. “Medicines for treatment of cancer are being made available at discounts in the range of 9 percent to 90 percent. We are soon going to start AMRIT in all central government hospitals,” informed Nadda.