Bhubaneswar, July 22: In another leap in better cancer care in Odisha, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Hospital on Tuesday inaugurated a dedicated Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Department.
The facility was formally inaugurated by Mayor Sulochana Das.Among other dignitaries present were Additional Commissioner Shubhendu Kumar Sahu, Corporator Chandrasekhar Mallia, BMC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Siddharth Shankar Ray, Head of the Cancer Department, among others.
Under the new initiative, five doctors from various specialities will be available every Tuesday from 9 AM to 1 PM to provide cancer care.
In addition to the cancer care facility, a sterilization machine donated by the State Bank of India (SBI) was also inaugurated today.