Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Cancer Institute in Guru Teg Bahadur hospital on Wednesday and announced that his Government will double the reservation for the patients of the capital.
“80 per cent facilities will be reserved for Delhi patients instead of the previous 40 per cent reservation and 1. 6.5 acres more space will be allotted to the hospital,” Kejriwal said. The Chief Minister also said that the pending proposals of the institute for additional equipments will be cleared within 10-days Kejriwal made the announcement after visiting the hospital to inaugurate a new private ward in Delhi State Cancer Institute along with Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam and Health Minister Satyendar Jain.
During his visit, Kejriwal inaugurated an additional 24 bedded semi-private ward and the computerized BP and Pulse recording system for free service to the general public.
After announcing the additional and for the expansion of cancer institute, Kejriwal said, that it will help the institute create additional 1000 beds exclusively for the benefit of cancer patients.
The CM also said that a policy be evolved for giving preference to cancer patients from Delhi.
He said that the Governing Council of DSCI may be restructured under the chairmanship of the Health Minister to resolve all these long pending issues on priority.
The Minister of Health who also accompanied the CM desired that the blood samples from different Poly clinics and Mohalla clinics may be sent to DSCI labs for investigation and reporting.