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Cachar Cancer Hospital
best in the North East and Cheapest in the country
Blueprint to upgrade cancer hub
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Feb. 4: It is to the region what
Tata Memorial Hospital is to the west coast.
The Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre near
Silchar, which caters to thousands of patients from
neighbouring Mizoram, Tripura and Manipur apart from
whole of south Assam, is poised for an upgrade.
Run by the Cachar Cancer Hospital Society at
Ghoonghur on the outskirts of Silchar, the centre
provides treatment at a low cost compared to other
cancer care centres in the country. It was set up in
1996.
The average annual cost here is just Rs 20,000
compared to the city-based cancer care centres,
which charge around Rs 2 lakh.
Cancer specialist Ravi Kannan, who took over as the
director of this hospital recently, appeared to be
optimistic about the capability of the centre. He
said it could emerge as one of the major centres for
the treatment of cancer in a few years.
He said a blueprint has been prepared to transform
this hospital, spread over 24,000 square feet, into
a Rs 50-crore modern cancer care unit.
Unveiling the slew of the schemes aiming to upgrade
the hospital, Kannan said it would have a new
radio-therapy machine, a blood bank, a computer
centre for a data bank of patients and extensive
training programmes for the nurses.
The hospital has added another feather to its crest
by becoming the lone centre in the Northeast to
procure a high-tech Cobalt tele-therapy unit worth
Rs 2 crore. Kannan said
Oil India limited had provided the hospital
with Rs 2 crore for the tele-therapy utility.
The Union ministry of atomic energy and the Tea
Board under the Union ministry of commerce chipped
in with Rs 25 lakh and Rs 8 lakh respectively to
construct a building to house the cobalt machine.
A group of social workers in south Assam formed the
Society in 1994 and garnered enough funds to build
the hospital. The response was amazing as the flow
of funds from both the public and the government
agencies never ceased. According to an official
report, as many as 2,368 patients from the south
Assam region were treated in Silchar Medical
College Hospital alone between 1995 and 2001 for
cancer.
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Cachar
Cancer Hospital to become premier centre
From Our Correspondent Assam Tribune
KARIMGANJ, Feb 1 – Cachar Cancer Hospital and Research Centre under the management of the Cachar Cancer Hospital Society is poised to become one of the premier cancer treatment centres in the country.
Founded in 1992 at the initiative of a small group of social activists and a few doctors, the Cachar Cancer Society waged a relentless battle against the dreaded disease in the Barak Valley and adjoining areas. It was an uphill task but due indefatigable efforts and financial sustenance received from many quarters, the cancer society took roots and is currently aiming high to become one of the premier cancer treatment centres in the country dispensing treatment at an affordable, cost. Santosh Mohan Deb, Union Minister is particularly helpful in providing generous munificence from various sources for this fledgling society.
Recently, Dr Ravi Kannan, an eminent oncologist has taken over as the Director of this hospital. The society held a press meet at its premises recently where Dr Kannan was introduced to the media persons present. Dr Chinmay Chaudhury general secretary of the society provided a brief outline of the progress of the society from 1992 to the present. This was followed by Dr Kannan’s address to the media persons. Dr Kannan spoke highly of the achievements of the Cachar Cancer Hospital and also outlined his plan for the future. With few more facilities added the Cachar Cancer Hospital would be in a position to offer quality treatment at an affordable cost. He said that a surgery of the esophagus at any major centre of the country would cost atleast Rs 1.5 lakh whereas the same operation could be done her at a cost of only Rs 20,000.
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