The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, inaugurated seven cancer care facilities in Assam. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stones of seven more facilities in the state. The Governor of Assam, Prof. Jagdish Mukhi, the Chief Minister of Assam, Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Union Minister of Ports, Shipping, Waterways and AYUSH, Mr. Sarbananda Sonowal, Assam Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology and Information Technology, Mr. Keshab Mahanta, Union Minister of State for Petroleum & Natural Gas and Labour & Employment, Mr. Rameswar Teli and the Chairman of Tata Trusts, Mr. Ratan N. Tata, were with Mr. Modi at the ceremonies.
Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Chairman of Tata Trusts, said, “I am happy that the Tata Trusts, along with the State Government’s support, has been able to implement the multi-level cancer care network in Assam. The fruition of this project in Assam will be a guiding light to the entire country.”
The seven hospitals are in Dibrugarh, Barpeta, Kokrajhar, Lakhimpur, Darrang, Jorhat, and Tezpur. The three other facilities in Guwahati, Silchar, and Diphu are expected to be ready in the coming months. The next set of seven hospitals, for which Mr. Modi laid the foundation stones, are a part of the second phase of the programme and will come up in Sibsagar, Goalpara, Golaghat, Tinsukia, Dhubri, Nagaon, Nalbari districts of Assam.
The multi-level cancer care model, developed by Tata Trusts, is being established and run by the Assam Cancer Care Foundation, a joint initiative of the Assam Government and Tata Trusts. Tata Trusts, since 2017, has and is developing and augmenting more than 20 hospitals in six states through its Distributed Cancer Care Model.
