‘350-bed ward for cancer patients at SKMCH soon’ – ET HealthWorld

Sharan, who inaugurated a 100-bed ward named as Covid-19 Care Unit constructed under CSR project of the ICICI Foundation on Saturday, said the proposal for setting up another ward for the treatment of cancer will be submitted by the health department to the cabinet for its approval.

The chief secretary directed the health department’s additional secretary, Kaushal Kishore, who was present on the occasion, to initiate the process at the earliest and submit the proposal for cabinet’s nod. At present, there is a 150-bed cancer ward, a unit of the Tata Memorial Institute, at the SKMCH.

Earlier, the chief secretary inaugurated a 100-bed ward at the SKMCH for the treatment of Covid-19 patients. It will also provide the facility of chemotherapy to the patients infected with cancer. It has been built under the CSR project of the ICICI Foundation. The ward will have interrupted supply of oxygen.

The ward will function under the supervision of Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre. The Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) clinic, the first of its kind in the state, will cater to the need of the cancer patients, who earlier had to visit Mumbai or Delhi to avail the facility.

ICICI Bank zonal head Nilesh Ranjan and regional head Shiv Patnaik said the Covid Care Unit will play an important role in providing proper treatment to the patients infected with the virus.

Tirhut divisional commissioner Mihir Kumar Singh, Muzaffarpur district magistrate Pranav Kumar and deputy development commissioner of Muzaffarpur, Ashtush Dwivedi, were also present on the occasion.