Punjab to get new cancer hospital

Chandigarh: The Punjab government has signed an MoU with Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai for setting up Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital at Sangrur. As per the pact, which seeks to work in the direction of both preventing and curing cancer, the facility would be set up at Civil Hospital, Sangrur and would act as an outreach facility to the upcoming Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital Research Centre at Mohali. The facility in District Civil Hospital, Sangrur will be catering the population of the Sangrur and other adjoining districts of the Malwa region.