Soon, radiation therapy will be available at the civic-run <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/sion-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Sion</a> hospital. The hospital is also working on a proposal to buy machines that will cost crores of rupees in order to treat needy cancer patients.
According to officials, thousands of patients will benefit from the service annually.&nbsp;
The <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/bmc-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation</a> (BMC) announced in March the construction of a separate building in Sion hospital where cancer care will be provided to Mumbaikars. The civic body made a similar announcement regarding Nair hospital, in 2019.
At present, the Sion hospital has a chemotherapy facility, which sees about 100 outpatients every week.
According to Sion hospital officials, a tender will be floated for the construction of the building in the next two weeks. The hospital is also preparing a proposal to buy the required equipment. According to a source, about R60 crore will be spent on this project.
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Speaking to mid-day, Dr Vidya Mahale, deputy dean of Sion hospital, said, &ldquo;The price of the machinery will be a few crores. Every day, around 40-50 cancer patients benefit from this service.&rdquo;
An official from Sion hospital, who did not wish to be named, said, &ldquo;Nair hospital was the only civic hospital that was providing radiotherapy for the past 25 years. The machine, as well as the building, was old and had to be replaced. A new one will be set up soon. We are going to buy two radiotherapy machines. One will be a Cobalt-60 therapy unit and the other will be a brachytherapy unit. Head and neck cancer, cervical cancer and brain tumours can be treated with this machinery.&rdquo;
He added that a 12-storey building will be set up, in which the basement and three floors will be dedicated to cancer treatment. &ldquo;In the basement, there will be a radiation therapy centre while there will be OPD on the first floor, an IPD (inpatient department) on the second floor and an operation theatre on the third floor,&rdquo; the official said.
60 Estimated cost of the project in crore rupees
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