A press note issued by the Chief Minister's office on Tuesday said that the Government will spend Rs. 55 crores for the development of the hospital by installing three more linear accelerators, computer tomography (CT) stimulator, MRI and Positron Emission Tomography (PET) CT. Once these are in place, the MNJIO & RCC will become one of the five major cancer institutes in the country.
The Institute, which is into its golden jubilee year, has received Rs. 6.50 crores for establishing a CT scan and a Gamma camera during 2005-06. It has also placed orders for a high energy linear accelerator at a cost of Rs. 6 crores to perform advanced procedures like intensity modulated radio therapy (IMRT) and a second HDR Brachytherapy unit treatment planning system (TPS) for gynaecological cancers.
Besides, the State Government has allocated Rs. 8 crores for the construction of a golden jubilee block in 2006-07, Rs. 3 crores for expanding the Surgical Oncology Department and Rs. one crore for establishing the oncology research wing. Presently, about 10,000 new cancer cases are being registered at the institute whose existing facilities are being stretched to the maximum.
