Combating the growing deadly menace of cancer in an effective manner, Punjab government would soon set up two Ultra Modern Cancer Diagnostic and Treatment Centers at Amritsar and Patiala
Announcing, Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Sunday said that the Centres would be equipped with latest technology so as to provide quality treatment to the people. He was speaking at the inauguration of Single Emission Computed Tomography Centre at Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital. Badal also announced that the Government had given land at Mullanpur near Chandigarh for a Cancer Treatment Centre on the lines of Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, and added that he had requested the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to expedite the process of setting it up.
He added that the government is planning to send doctors from the state overseas to receive specialised training for cancer treatment. Besides, a “corpus fund” had already been constituted to help cancer patients among the weaker sections, he added. Chief Minister said that the State Government was firmly committed for tackling the problem of this fatal disease in the State. “All out efforts are being made by the state government to provide quality cancer treatment to the patients suffering from this deadly disease,” he added.
Exhorting Baba Farid Medical Sciences University to play an effective role in providing medical facilities to the people through Research and Development (R&D), Badal said that it was the need of the hour in the larger interest of the public. “University must start a pilot project by adopting five villages of the district to make these villages disease free. later, the project must be replicated to other districts for making a healthy and hygienic Punjab,” he added.