Oncology

Fortis To Set-up a Cancer Hospital

The project involves an initial investment of around Rs 117.55 crore

Fortis Health Care Limited has submitted a detailed plan to the Punjab government to set up a Cancer Institute and Research Centre on a plot close to the company's hospital in Mohali. The Hospital would be spread across the land measuring 4.88 acres. The detailed plan, submitted to the Government, envisages a 250-bed hospital duly linked to the Civil Hospital in Bhatinda to supplement the OPD services and the medical and surgical management of cancer patients. It was sheer demand that lead Fortis to come up with an oncology centre. A high-rate of cancer in the Malwa region and the absence of proper treatment facilities force people to go to charitable hospitals in Rajasthan. "It would be inappropriate to divulge anything right now. As a company in the business of healthcare, we consider it imperative to provide the best possible medical aid to the people," said the official spokesperson of Fortis Health Care Limited. The project involves an initial investment of Rs 117.55 crore and needs a formal clearance from the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). The company is hopeful about starting the first phase of the hospital by the end of 2009. The proposed hospital shall include state-of-the-art infrastructure with facilities for tumour chemotherapy, haematological oncology, surgical oncology, radiation oncology, physiotherapy and rehabilitation. North India is devoid of oncology centres. As of now, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh is the one of the major cancer institution in the region.

EH News Bureau