Bhubaneswar, October 6: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday dedicated two state-of-the-art Linear Accelerators (Linac Machines) for radio therapy at Acharya Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer at Cuttack. Earlier, there were two linear accelerators. With this, the total number of linear accelerators went up to four.
A total of Rs 38 crore has been spent for the two Linac Machines.
Besides, the Chief Minister also inaugurated a 30-bedded day-care unit at the institute, enhancing the total number of day-care beds to 42. The unit has been established at a cost of Rs 6 crore.
Joining the programme on virtual platform, the Chief Minister said that besides infrastructure development for cancer care at public health institutions, the State Government is roping in private players to invest in development of cancer care institutions.
Health & Family Welfare Minister Niranjan Pujari, Department Secretary Salini Pandit, Choudwar-Cuttack MLA Souvik Biswal, spoke on the occasion.
