Manipur govt to open cancer hospital: CM Biren

It has been a dream to establish a cancer hospital in the state, Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said on Friday while inspecting works at the project sites of the cancer hospital by Karnikos at Porompat and the construction of the government quarter at New Checkon.

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 for diagnosis and treatment of cancer.

The hospital is being constructed on a PPP model with Karnicos 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 the construction of a block at the Government quarter construction at New Checkon will be completed by March next year.

The government is 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 said, 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.