A large number of people residing in the Malwa region of southern Punjab who board trains to visit adjoining States for cancer treatment would now be able to avail the treatment much closer as Punjab Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) Mumbai for setting up Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH) at Sangrur.
As per the pact, which seeks to work in the direction of both preventing and curing cancer, HBCH would be set up at Civil Hospital, Sangrur and would act as an outreach facility to the upcoming Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Research Centre at Mohali.
The HBCH would be established by the Tata Memorial Center (TMC) Mumbai within the premises of Civil Hospital to provide best cancer treatment to the people of the Malwa region. The main aim of setting up HBCH was to set up a cancer care facility in District Civil Hospital, Sangrur for catering the population of the Sangrur and other adjoining districts.
The HBCH would have 10 day care beds, three Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds, three recovery beds and eight inpatient beds.
