Kolkata: PM Modi To Inaugurate Second Campus Of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute Tomorrow

The second campus of the institute has been built in line with the Prime Minister's vision to expand and upgrade the health facilities across the country

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Meerut, January 2, 2022. (PTI Photo)

New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata on Friday at 1 pm.  Modi will inaugurate the campus online through video conferencing.

The second campus of the institute has been built in line with the Prime Minister's vision to expand and upgrade the health facilities across the country, noted the Prime Minister Office in a statement.

The institute has been witnessing an increase in the load of cancer patients and a need for expansion was necessary. This need will be fulfilled through the second campus.

The second campus of CNCI has been built at a cost of over Rs 530 crore, out of which around Rs 400 crore have been provided by the Centre and the rest by the West Bengal government, in the ratio of 75:25, according to the release.

A Noida-based agency was involved in the procurement work under the monitoring of the health ministry. The campus is a 460 bedded comprehensive cancer centre unit with cutting-edge infrastructure for cancer diagnosis, staging, treatment, and care.

The campus is equipped with modern facilities like Nuclear Medicine (PET), 3.0 Tesla MRI, 128 slice CT scanner, Radionuclide therapy unit, endoscopy suite, modern brachytherapy units, etc.

The campus will also work as an advanced cancer research facility and will provide comprehensive care to cancer patients, especially those from eastern and northeastern parts of the country.

The first campus of the CNCI with 207 beds is located at Hazra in the southern part of the city.