CM inaugurates Ranchi cancer hospital, promises full support
Hindustan TimesRANCHI: Chief minister Hemant Soren on Friday dedicated the Ranchi Cancer Hospital & Research Centre to people and promised to provide all support for making the facility into a centre of excellence. To begin with, the sprawling campus spread over 23.5 acre land provided by the state government would have 82-bed facility, which would gradually be increased to 300 beds. While technological upgradation is being done at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, the state government is all set to begin the process of establishing Medico city next to the cancer hospital soon, said Soren. Officials said foundation of the cancer hospital, which has come at expense of ₹400 crore, was laid on November 10, 2018, by the then chief minister Raghubar Das and Ratan Tata.