IT News
Imphal, Nov 4:
It has been a long dream to establish a Cancer Hospital in the State, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said today while inspecting ongoing works at the project sites of construction of Cancer Hospital by KARNIKOS at Porompat and Construction of Government Quarter at New Checkon.
N. Biren Singh said the government is targeting to inaugurate the hospital by March next year, and added that the hospital will, to an extent, lessen the hardships faced by people of the State in travelling outside the State for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The hospital is being constructed on PPP model with the KARNIKOS Healthcare, an international organisation, he said and further stressed that on its completion, it will be empanelled for CMHT, PMJAY and other government schemes.
The Chief Minister also said that construction of a block at the Government Quarter construction at New Checkon will be completed by March next year. We are also targeting to complete some more blocks and hand them over to the public before 2024, he added.
Earlier there were only single housing quarters, he stressed, adding that with loans from HUDCO, new building facilities which are G+6 buildings are being constructed at the site.
The Chief Minister also said that once the complex is complete it will solve at least 70-80 percent of issues faced by government officials due to lack of housing quarters.
During the site visit, the Chief Minister was accompanied by Minister L. Susindro Meitei, Chief Secretary Dr. Rajesh Kumar, officials, etc.
