The Goa government will be signing an MoU with the Union health ministry to set up a regional cancer centre in the state at a cost of Rs 45 crore.The Goa Infrastructure Development Corporation (GIDC) will help in setting up the cancer centre at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) near here, state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said.
“The proposal for setting up the regional cancer centre at GMCH was pending for last one year. We have located the file and state health secretary will be signing the Memorandum of Understanding with the Centre for the project in next 8-10 days,” Rane said.”Necessary instructions have been given to the state bureaucracy. This will be one of the flagship projects of Goa government,” he said.
Rane said cancer is quite prevalent among people in Goa and has even overtaken the cases of cardiac ailments.”I will go all out to ensure that GMCH has its own regional cancer centre, and will work under the guidance of the chief minister to ensure that the MoU for it is signed at the earliest,” he said.