The Telangana government, in partnership with Aurobindo Pharma, opened a high-end cancer care building at the MNJ Cancer Hospital on Sunday.
Posted Date – Sun, 16 Apr 23 at 04:15pm
Hyderabad: The state government, in partnership with Aurobindo Pharma, inaugurated the MNJ Cancer Hospital’s high-end cancer care building on Sunday, a major step towards making the expensive, ultra-specialized cancer care facility accessible to those in need in Telangana.
The new eight-storey, 300-bed cancer care building spans more than 232,000 square feet and was developed by the Aurobindo Pharma Foundation, the CSR arm of Aurobindo Pharma, at a cost of $800 million.
Health Minister T.Harish Rao, who inaugurated the Cancer Block alongside Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, said: “The new block will increase the number of specialist cancer care beds at the MNJ Cancer Hospital to 750. For its part, the Telangana government has spent Nearly Rs. 600 million for the development of MNJ Cancer Hospital. I thank Aurobindo Pharma for developing this block.”
The modern cancer care area will provide separate wings for women and children. To ensure educational continuity for children undergoing treatment, the pediatric unit will be staffed with a dedicated teacher and a library, he said.
The new facility will also have a dedicated unit for expensive cancer treatments such as bone marrow transplants. Usually, bone marrow transplant costs up to Rs. Arogyasri will cover 1 million such treatments and patients will also receive life-saving medicines free of charge for life.
“Past successive governments have failed to modernize super-specialized healthcare and medical education in the Telangana region. To address these issues, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has launched
In addition to the government’s primary, secondary and tertiary levels, concrete measures to create a fourth level or super-specialized medical facilities,” he said.
Patients will have 10,000 super-specialty beds in government hospitals in the coming year. Apart from strengthening existing facilities at NIMS, MNJ, Osmania and Gandhi hospitals, the Telangana government is also developing four more super-specialty hospitals in and around Hyderabad and a super-specialty medical city in Warangal, he said.
“We will also open nine government medical schools this year,” he added, “and these steps to strengthen medical infrastructure, super-specialty care and manpower are an appropriate response
For those skeptics who have been skeptical about the development of Telangana after statehood. “
The meeting was attended by Aurobindo Pharma MD & Vice Chairman D Nithyananda Reddy, Health Minister SAM Rizvi, MNJ Cancer Hospital Director Dr Jayalatha and senior health officials.
