Bengal to set up 40 speciality hospitals.

The West Bengal Government will invest over Rs. 3,000 crore to set-up 40 new speciality hospitals across the State. The hospitals are likely to come up and be operational over the next one year.

According to Malay De, Principal Secretary, State Health Department, three new cancer care facilities in the districts and suburbs – one each in Burdwan, Murshidabad and Kamarhati (in North 24 Parganas) – will also be coming up over the next two to four years. Each cancer hospital will be coming up at a cost of approximately Rs. 40 crore.

This apart, the State Government along with the Centre will fund the expansion of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute.

One of the 25 regional cancer care centres in the country, the second unit of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute will be coming up at Rajarhat, on the northern fringes of the city, soon.

'The stress is on developing the healthcare infrastructure in the State. Private partnership in developing healthcare infrastructure is also welcome,' he said during a seminar on healthcare – Chikitsa 2014 - organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC).


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