Bargarh: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate Odisha’s second 100-bedded cancer hospital in Bargarh Khedopali District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) on Tuesday. Preparations for the opening of the 5-storey cancer hospital are complete.
With the opening of the cancer hospital here, free treatment facilities will be available to cancer patients in their hometown. Thousands of people from the neighboring state of Chhattisgarh can also avail of treatment facilities at this hospital.
The state government has built this 100-bed cancer hospital by spending Rs 106 crore. The hospital will have two radio oncologists, two medical oncologists, 8 GDMOs, O&G specialists, ENT specialists, surgery specialists, medicine specialists, three radiotherapy technicians, four pharmacists, 20 nursing officers, 20 male and female attendants, 112 employees including 20 female and male sweepers, 20 female and male security personnel.
Now, the people of Bargarh and neighbouring regions will no longer have to go to Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad and spend lakhs of rupees for cancer treatment. The inauguration of this cancer hospital will fulfill the long-awaited dream of the people of Bargarh and west Odisha of availing of cancer treatment in their vicinity.
