Cancer institute opens at Himalayan Hospital

Tribune News Service

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Dehradun, November 12

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare JP Nadda along with Chief Minister Harish Rawat inaugurated the Cancer Research Institute of the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT) on the occasion of the 20th death anniversary of Swami Rama, the founder of the hospital, at Jollygrant here today.

Nadda said the Himalayan Hospital had been providing medical care not only to residents of Uttarakhand but also of neighbouring states. The Central government was working hard to provide dialysis facilities at the district-level throughout the country so that people below poverty line could benefit. He added two national-level cancer research institutes at Kolkota and Jhajjar in Haryana were under construction and 50 tertiary cancer institutes would be opened in the country.

The Chief Minister said with the opening of the cancer research institute at the Himalayan Hospital, the dependence of cancer patients on metro city hospitals had reduced. Cancer patients from the state as well as neighbouring states could avail of the most modern facilities at the cancer institute.

He said the HIHT and the SRHU had grown into a health and educational hub of the state. Dr Vijay Dhasmana, Vice-Chancellor of Swami Rama Himalayan University and member of the presidential board of the trust, gave a detailed account of the multifarious activities of the HIHT and the university. A super specialty hospital with 250 beds was under construction in the hospital, he said. Former Chief Minister and Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Rishikesh MLA Prem Chand Aggarwal and Doiwala MLA Hira Singh Bisht attended the function.