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Setting up of Tertiary Cancer Care Center in Fatehabad under process: Anil Vij
Chandigarh, March 8- Haryana Health Minister, Anil Vij said that the process of setting up of Tertiary Cancer Care Center in Fatehabad is going on. With this, the work of Tertiary Cancer Care Centre being constructed in Ambala will also be started soon.
Vij while responding to a question on the second day of the ongoing budget session of Haryana Vidhan Sabha today said that a proposal to set up Cath lab at the Civil Hospital, Sonipat is under consideration. Approximately 15,000 square feet of land will be required to set up this Cath lab.
He said that cancer screening is done in all the district hospitals of the state and critical patients are sent to second and third-tier cancer hospitals for treatment.
The Health Minister said that at present, four Cath labs are operational in districts namely Gurugram, Panchkula, Ambala and Faridabad. In this, stents are provided to heart patients at the cost of Rs. 46,112 only, while in private hospitals, an amount of up to two lakh rupees is charged for the same. In government hospitals, this facility is provided free of cost to BPL, Scheduled Castes, government employees and pensioners.
Vij said that MRI and City scan facility is successfully being provided in every district of the state. With this, dialysis centers are running in 19 hospitals of the state. Apart from this, directions have also been given to provide this type of facility in all the district hospitals of the state.
