New Delhi.According to the big news of the morning, today i.e. on Friday, 7 January 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) in Kolkata through video conferencing. are the ones.
According to a release issued by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in this regard today, the second campus of CNCI has been built in line with PM Modi’s comprehensive vision for expansion and upgradation of health facilities in all parts of the country.
PM Modi to inaugurate the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) via video-conferencing today. The second campus has been built in line with the PM’s vision to expand & upgrade the health facilities in all parts of the country: PMO pic.twitter.com/me6MQoCqik
– ANI (@ANI) January 7, 2022
With this the PMO also said that CNCI is facing a huge burden of cancer patients. The need for expansion had been felt for some time, and another campus would cater to it.
Learn some interesting facts about CNCI
- CNCI’s second campus has been built at a cost of over Rs 530 crore.
- Out of this, 400 crore rupees have been given by the central government and the rest by the Bengal government.
- The complex houses a 460-bed Comprehensive Cancer Center unit which also has state-of-the-art infrastructure for cancer diagnosis, staging, treatment and care.
- It is also equipped with modern facilities like Nuclear Medicine (PET), 3.0 Tesla MRI, 128 Slice CT Scanner, Radionuclide Therapy Unit, Endoscopy Suite, Modern Brachytherapy Unit etc.