Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a newly constructed structure for Agartala’s Regional Cancer Centre in February. Sanjoy Mishra, media advisor to Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, said the PM is scheduled to inaugurate several developmental projects when he visits Tripura. “Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb chaired a high level meeting on Monday to review the progress of work, and the cancer centre building is almost complete. It is expected to be finished by February next year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will come to inaugurate the building,” Mishra said.
Also present at the meeting were Chief Secretary LK Gupta, Public Works Department (PWD) secretary Manoj Kumar, Health and Family Welfare secretary Samarjit Bhowmik, Health Services Director JK Debbarma and Larsen & Turbo official SK Basu.
Senior oncologist at the cancer centre, Dr. Aroop Roy Barman, said that the Regional Cancer Centre at Agartala offers treatment to over 2,000 cancer patients annually. Around 2,500 new cancer patients are diagnosed in Tripura every year and 3,786 patients succumbed to it between 2014-16.
