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Saturday, 20 August 2016

NE First Costly PET-CT Scan machine to Cut Cost of Cancer Patients' Lives


Assam record to have the highest figure of cancer patients in entire Northeast and in the urge to control the toll of deaths effectively the latest technology PET-CT Scan machine was recently launched for early detection of the disease by the Government authority.


This major health plan to equip present Guwahati Medical College Hospital with sophisticated tool like PET-CT Scan machine and 200 beds was accomplished by inaugurating this special cancer division by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswas.


It is in the attempt to provide the best service at a cost effective price to the public for such major fatal disease like cancer that is affecting lakh in NE, expensive tools and beds were arranged in Medical College according to the State Health and Family Welfare minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. PET-CT Scan installation is a costly matter to cut cost of lives for NE cancer detected patients.


In entire Northeast this is the first government hospital to formulate such sophisticated cancer specialty division to meet the demands of the public. In government’s health category this initiative is recognized to be the first major successful attempt after 100 days of a new government in Assam.


Prior modification of this cancer section in the state's Medical College, assessment by the government's health department was made to meet the best diagnostic treatment, due care and excellent safety measures in Assam according to Sonowal.

In this noble venture to save lives and give hope to the living this PET-Scan costly initiative was taken for greater mankind service as people under financial stress in Northeast can do the treatment here instead of confronting higher expenditure outside.


Presently Assam alone has 25,000 newly detected cancer cases and there are many complicated diseases troubling health of the state due to which the government is planning to deck up Gauhati Medical College Hospital to give it a transform look as National Institute of Excellence. In addition to far reach health ultimatum in the state the Government is planning for phase layout of medical colleges in various districts like Barpeta,Tezpur, Jorhat and Silchar. PET-CT Scan installation is a costly matter to cut cost of lives for NE's cancer detected patients.

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