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VTSM Cancer Centre to be upgraded, says Patil
Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil has said that the VTSM Peripheral Cancer Treatment Centre in Kalaburagi city attached to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology was being upgraded into a full-fledged cancer hospital with all facilities including surgical, medical oncology and chemotherapy.
Speaking at a function to mark the laying of foundation stone for the installation of the Rs. 10-crore Linear Accelerated Radiation Therapy Unit at the cancer centre here on Saturday, Dr. Patil said that the State government has given administrative approval to upgrade the centre in two phases. In the first phase, the Linear Accelerator Radiation Therapy Unit was being established and in the second phase the surgical and medical oncology units and the chemotherapy treatment facilities would be included.
He said that necessary changes and additions were made at a cost of Rs. 2 crore in the existing building of the peripheral cancer centre for upgrading it into a full-fledged cancer hospital, which would be a boon to the patients afflicted by cancer, who otherwise had to spend huge sums of money to avail treatment in higher centres.
Dr. Patil said that the State government has also sanctioned new posts in the upgraded peripheral cancer treatment centre in Kalaburagi and soon the notification calling applications to fill these new posts would be published. The government has also accorded permission to fill up all the vacant posts in the centre immediately.
He said that the work on the Rs. 25-crore Trauma Care Centre in the General Hospital Complex would start and the tenders would be floated for awarding the works soon.
A proposal has also been submitted for the establishment of a super speciality hospital to the Finance and Planning Department for the approval. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his budgetary speech had sanctioned a super speciality hospital to Kalaburagi.
Dr. Patil said that the work of constructing 500 bed hospital in Bidar was in progress.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-to-be-upgraded-says-patil/article7314299.ece
Minister of State for Medical Education Sharanprakash Patil has said that the VTSM Peripheral Cancer Treatment Centre in Kalaburagi city attached to the Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology was being upgraded into a full-fledged cancer hospital with all facilities including surgical, medical oncology and chemotherapy.
Speaking at a function to mark the laying of foundation stone for the installation of the Rs. 10-crore Linear Accelerated Radiation Therapy Unit at the cancer centre here on Saturday, Dr. Patil said that the State government has given administrative approval to upgrade the centre in two phases. In the first phase, the Linear Accelerator Radiation Therapy Unit was being established and in the second phase the surgical and medical oncology units and the chemotherapy treatment facilities would be included.
He said that necessary changes and additions were made at a cost of Rs. 2 crore in the existing building of the peripheral cancer centre for upgrading it into a full-fledged cancer hospital, which would be a boon to the patients afflicted by cancer, who otherwise had to spend huge sums of money to avail treatment in higher centres.
Dr. Patil said that the State government has also sanctioned new posts in the upgraded peripheral cancer treatment centre in Kalaburagi and soon the notification calling applications to fill these new posts would be published. The government has also accorded permission to fill up all the vacant posts in the centre immediately.
He said that the work on the Rs. 25-crore Trauma Care Centre in the General Hospital Complex would start and the tenders would be floated for awarding the works soon.
A proposal has also been submitted for the establishment of a super speciality hospital to the Finance and Planning Department for the approval. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his budgetary speech had sanctioned a super speciality hospital to Kalaburagi.
Dr. Patil said that the work of constructing 500 bed hospital in Bidar was in progress.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-pape...-to-be-upgraded-says-patil/article7314299.ece