Holistic healthcare a precedence, says PM Modi at inauguration of most cancers hospital in Punjab’s Mohali : The Tribune India

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Mohali, August 24

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday mentioned holistic well being care has been a precedence within the nation prior to now eight years as he inaugurated Homi Bhabha Most cancers Hospital and Analysis Centre right here.

The 300-bed hospital has been in-built Mohali’s Mullanpur at a price of over Rs 660 crore by Tata Memorial Centre, an aided institute below the Union Division of Atomic Vitality.

Addressing the gathering right here, Modi mentioned extra work has been performed in well being care in seven or eight years than over 70 years.

Good well being care doesn’t imply constructing 4 partitions solely, he confused.

Up to now eight years, holistic well being care has been a precedence, the prime minister mentioned.

Modi mentioned individuals do not must be frightened of most cancers. “I do know many individuals who’ve defeated it,” he mentioned.

Homi Bhabha Most cancers Hospital and Analysis Centre is a 300-bed facility outfitted with state-of-the-art amenities corresponding to MRI, mammography, digital radiography and brachytherapy to deal with all sorts of most cancers utilizing each out there therapy modalities like surgical procedure, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and bone marrow transplant.

The hospital will act as a tertiary care centre to sufferers not solely from Punjab but in addition from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was additionally current when Modi inaugurated the hospital in Mullanpur on the outskirts of Chandigarh. Earlier within the day, the PM inaugurated a state-of-the-art 2,600-bed Amrita Hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad.