GUWAHATI, Dec 18 - The Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, has decided in a meeting of the management council of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, to establish a comprehensive Pediatric Cancers and Haemato-lymphoid Services Centre at the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) here, a statement issued today stated.
The proposed project will involve construction of a seven- storied building at an estimated cost of Rs 73.78 crore in the existing vacant plot of land in the BBCI premises near the Jironi Ghar, with a proposed completion date of four years.
According to Dr Amal Chandra Kataki, Director of BBCI, the project for the comprehensive Pediatric Cancers and Haemato-lymphoid Services Centre will be started very soon.
�Presently, there is scarcity of dedicated Pediatric and Haemato-lymphoid Services in the entire North East region. Around 400 childhood cancer patients visit BBCI from Assam and the North East region every year. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, selected BBCI as one of the 11 centres of the South East Asia Regional Practice Network for Childhood Cancer Management,� Dr Kataki added.
GUWAHATI, Dec 18 - The Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, has decided in a meeting of the management council of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, to establish a comprehensive Pediatric Cancers and Haemato-lymphoid Services Centre at the Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI) here, a statement issued today stated.
The proposed project will involve construction of a seven- storied building at an estimated cost of Rs 73.78 crore in the existing vacant plot of land in the BBCI premises near the Jironi Ghar, with a proposed completion date of four years.
According to Dr Amal Chandra Kataki, Director of BBCI, the project for the comprehensive Pediatric Cancers and Haemato-lymphoid Services Centre will be started very soon.
�Presently, there is scarcity of dedicated Pediatric and Haemato-lymphoid Services in the entire North East region. Around 400 childhood cancer patients visit BBCI from Assam and the North East region every year. Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, selected BBCI as one of the 11 centres of the South East Asia Regional Practice Network for Childhood Cancer Management,� Dr Kataki added.
