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Nagpur: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday dedicated National Cancer Institute, a hospital that treats all types of cancer, in Nagpur. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and industrialist Gautam Adani were prominently present at this event.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), run by Dr Aabaji Thatte Seva and Anusandhan Sanstha in Nagpur, is the biggest Cancer Hospital of India which takes care of all types of cancer patients.
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The hospital is the brainchild of two friends — Devendra Fadnavis and Shailesh Joglekar — and its seeds were sown 25 years ago. The present Medical Director Dr Anand Pathak joined them then and this association continued. President Adv Sunil Manohar, Vice President Ajay Sancheti, Treasurer Anand Aurangabadkar, Member Lalit Tekchandani, Medical Director Dr Anand Pathak are on the Board of Directors.
With 710 beds, 26 Operation Theatres, 15 laboratories for Principal Investigators, a separate Diagnostics Block — the National Cancer Institute is the behemoth of Indian cancer care. At full capacity it will deploy 2700 employees and cater to 10 lakh patients per annum. The design of the largest cancer hospital of India brought together India’s best cancer experts for conceptualization and design.
The National Cancer Institute is the state of the art Tertiary Cancer Care cum Research Institute, constructed at Nagpur’s Jamtha area in an area of 31.2 acres. It is the nodal Institution for all activities related to cancer in the country and will have linkages with all Regional Cancer Centres and other Institutes of India
The Objectives of National Cancer Institute are to provide affordable quality tertiary cancer care to cancer patients; to act as the principal agency of the country in the field of oncology; to carry out innovative research and the development of novel interventions to prevent and treat cancer; to undertake clinical trials of newer drugs as well as vaccines; to carry out transnational research and incorporate newly developed techniques in cancer therapy into clinical practice and to create international linkages with major cancer centres for exchanging cancer related information and for establishing exchange programmes for training and education.
The 710 bedded, 8 storey Hospital Block has been divided between Surgical Oncology (200 beds), Medical Oncology (200 beds), Radiation Oncology (120 beds), Palliative Care (40 beds), and the remaining between Nuclear Medicine, Anaesthesia, Emergency, ICU and Day care. Necessary approvals from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Agency were obtained to commence works in the Hospital Block.
The Diagnostics Block comprises Laboratory space for Microbiology, Central Instrumentation Facility, Haemato-Pathology, Histo-Pathology, Cytopathology, Tumor Immunology and Advanced Diagnostics Centre.
The Residential Block comprises 216 Type III dwelling units, 84 Type IV dwelling units, 56 Type V dwelling units, 16 Type VI dwelling units, a total of 37 dwelling units. In addition a Hostel Block to house 440 nurses, 154 Junior Residents and 46 Senior Residents is being constructed. In 2016, a financial progress of Rs. 171 crore was achieved. An average labor deployment of 600 per day was witnessed.
Notably, it was reported that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive in Nagpur for the inauguration of the National Cancer Institute. But his visit was cancelled for unspecified reasons.
