Secretary Health reviews status of work on State Cancer Institute, Jammu
01/02/2023
JAMMU, Jan 31: Secre-tary, Health and Medical Education, Bhupinder Kumar, today reviewed status of work on State Cancer Institute, Jammu, besides devising a comprehensive strategy for early operationalization of services in this upcoming "State of Art Institute" here at Civil Secretariat. The team of Oncologists and experts in various fields from Homi Bhaba Research Centre Chandigarh led by Director, Dr. Ashish Gulia, participated in the meeting alongwith other concerned officers. Pertinently, the team has visited GMC, Kathua & State Cancer Institute, Jammu to assess the status of progress on various ongoing works in these prestigious healthcare entities. It was informed in the meeting that the Depart-ment of Health and Medical Education has collaborated with Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, for providing technical guidance and support in making SCI Jammu as a "State of Art Cancer Instit-ute". Now since the constru-ction activities in the institute is in advance stage of its completion, the department is looking forward for a continued association with the Tata Memorial Centre for establishment & opreat-ionalization of the State Cancer Institute Jammu enabling a quality cancer patient care in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Secretary gave a patient hearing to all the inputs put forth by the panel of experts and expressed gratitude to Dr Ashish Gulia and his team for providing valuable support. He asked the concerned for rolling out OPDs in Oncology and the day care chemotherapy in the State Cancer Institute soon in the larger interest of patient care.
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