Cancer Treatment and Research Hospital to be set up in Bhubaneswar

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Mon, May 07, 2018, 12:37 AM

Cancer Treatment and Research Hospital to be set up in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, May 7: The Odisha government on Sunday signed an MoU with Tata Trusts, Mumbai to set up a state-of-the-art Cancer Treatment and Research Hospital here.

The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Tata Trusts Chairman Ratan N. Tata.

As part of the MoU, Tata Trusts will set up and manage the cancer treatment facility in Bhubaneswar and it will be benchmarked to the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.

The Odisha government will facilitate and contribute in setting up the centre by providing land to the extent of 25 acres free of cost, said a statement.

The comprehensive care programme will be set up through a three-tier network of facilities with the Tata Trusts's proposed centre at Bhubaneswar and Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre in Cuttack as apex centres, it added.