Ranjan directs officials for quick completion of cancer institute

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Chief secretary Alok Ranjan on Monday directed the officials of  Nirman Nigam to complete the formalities regarding the construction of proposed super specialist cancer institute to come up at lucknow  within a week and instructed them to initiate the civil work at the earliest.

He was speaking at the review meeting of the medical educaton department, he said new posts would  be created to full-fill the vacant posts of  specialist  doctors at the super specialist child hosptial at Noida and Post-graduate medical institute, lucknow without any further delay.

Talking on third phase of the  prime minister health programme, he said that medical colleges at Gorkhapur, Jhansi, Meerut and Allahabad have been selected under the scheme and plan is being worked to  upgrade the existing infrastructure to give best  possible treatement to the masses.

He said that the plan is being prepared  to start well-quipped trauma centre at Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate institute, lucknow and new specialised posts of doctors to be created soon for the purposed trauma centre, he added.

Besides, 100-bedded modern and well equipped maternity wing at  Queen Mary hospital and SN Medical college will come up  by January 31, 2016, and added Faizabad,Basti, Bahariach, Firozabad and Shahjanhanpur district hospitals will be upgraded so that they can be established as medical colleges in days to come..

The people of the state would have the facilities  to avail the treatment of Ayurveda, Homeoepathy and Unani under the Ayush mission, he informed and added the existing curriculam for the courses of the para-medical staff will upgraded by October this year.

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