Union Minister of Health JP Nadda will soon lay the foundation stone of tertiary care cancer centre at Ambala Cantt, for which approval has been granted by the Centre.
The Centre will be constructed in the premises of Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt. at a cost of about Rs 45 crore, said Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij, who was presiding over a meeting held in this regard on Thursday.
Vij said the Centre had released first instalment of about Rs 7.37 crore for construction of building and purchase of equipment. While the Haryana Government would bear 40 per cent of the cost, the remaining would be borne by the Central Government, he said.
The tertiary care cancer centre would comprise 50-bedded hospital, besides offering facilities such as radiology, chemotherapy, diagnostic tests, specialists and private rooms.
This will be the first such centre in the area and will provide easy access to excellent cancer care facilities to the people, particularly those in districts of northern Haryana, such as Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Karnal and Panipat.
Similarly, National Cancer Institute will be established at Badhsa in district Jhajjar which would facilitate patients in the remaining districts.