Efforts on to install PET-CT scan at cancer block of Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital
Efforts are underway to install a PET-CT scan at the cancer block of Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital. The initiative, which involves an expenditure of ₹40 crore, aims to enhance cancer treatment facilities in the region. The project is part of a public-private partnership and will provide free cancer treatment under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme.
- ▪A PET-CT scan is being installed at the cancer block of Tiruppur Government Medical College Hospital.
- ▪The initiative has an expenditure of ₹40 crore and is part of a larger facility costing ₹60 crore.
- ▪The project is supported by the Tiruppur Rotary Public Welfare Trust, which mobilized ₹5 crore in public funding.
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Efforts are under way to install a PET-CT (positron emission tomography–computed tomography) scan and other laboratory equipment at the 100-bed cancer block in the Government Medical College Hospital in Tiruppur.District Collector Manish Narnaware recently took stock of the progress in the initiative, which entails an expenditure of ₹40 crore.The 50,000 sq.ft. facility, on which ₹60 crore has been spent, is already functional. The block features a bunker structure, medical linear accelerator (LINAC-truebeam-dual energy) and internal radiation treatment- brachytherapy, among other equipment.The block is a unique project carried out under the Namakku Naame Scheme.The Tiruppur Rotary Public Welfare Trust mobilised a public funding of ₹5 crore as one-third share for the project carried out…
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