Lok Sabha Question No. 3165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Centres for Cancer Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Gautham Sigamani Pon

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3165 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## CENTRES FOR CANCER P ATIENTS

## 3165. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to set up around 50 - 100 cancer treatment centres in the next two years across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT and location - wise including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (c) whether such centres will be in addition to the 31 already functioning and those upgraded since 2015 - 2016 and if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such centres to be set up in Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c): The  Government  of  India  is  implementing  'Strengthening  of  Tertiary  Care Cancer facilities Scheme' to assist States/UTs in setting up of St ate Cancer Institutes (SCI) and  Tertiary  Care  Cancer  Centres  (TCCC)  in  different  parts  of  the  country.  Till proposals for setting up of 18 SCIs and 20 TCCCs have been approved in different par the country including Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. The State/UT wise list of approved SCIs/TCCCs is at Annexure .

Oncology  in  its  various  aspects  is  at  the  focus  in  case  of  new  AIIMS  and  ma upgraded institutions under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna (PMSSY). Setting u of National Cancer Institut e at Jhajjar (Haryana) and second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata are also steps in this direction. All these will enhance th for treatment of cancer in the country.

## State/UT-wise list of approved State Cancer Institutes(SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centres(TCCCs)

|   S No | State            | Name of the Institute                                                 | SCI / TCCC   |
|--------|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh   | Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool                                      | SCI          |
|      2 | Assam            | Gauhati Medical College &Hospital, Guwahati                           | SCI          |
|      3 | Bihar            | Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna                    | SCI          |
|      4 | Delhi            | Lok Nayak Hospital                                                    | TCCC         |
|      5 | Gujarat          | Gujarat Cancer Research Institute, Ahmedabad                          | SCI          |
|      6 | Goa              | Goa Medical College, Panaji                                           | TCCC         |
|      7 | Haryana          | Civil Hospital, Ambala Cantt                                          | TCCC         |
|      8 | Himachal Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla                                 | TCCC         |
|      9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Medical College, Mandi                       | TCCC         |
|     10 | Jammu &Kashmir   | Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar                | SCI          |
|     11 |                  | Government Medical College, Jammu                                     | SCI          |
|     12 | Jharkhand        | Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi                        | SCI          |
|     13 | Karnataka        | Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (RCC), Bangaluru                | SCI          |
|     14 |                  | Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya                          | TCCC         |
|     15 | Kerala           | Regional Cancer Centre, Tjiruvananthapuram                            | SCI          |
|     16 |                  | Government Medical College, Kozhikode                                 | TCCC         |
|     17 | Madhya Pradesh   | G.R. Medical College, Gwalior                                         | TCCC         |
|     18 |                  | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Medical College, Jabalpur                  | SCI          |
|     19 | Maharashtra      | Rashtrasant Tukdoji Regional Cancer Hospital& Research Centre, Nagpur | TCCC         |
|     20 |                  | Government Medical College, Aurangabad                                | SCI          |
|     21 |                  | Vivekanand Foundation &Research Centre, Latur                         | TCCC         |
|     22 | Mizoram          | Mizoram State Cancer Institute, Aizawl                                | TCCC         |
|     23 | Nagaland         | District Hospital, Kohima                                             | TCCC         |
|     24 | Odisha           | Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Cuttack                       | SCI          |
|     25 | Punjab           | Government Medical College, Amritsar                                  | SCI          |
|     26 |                  | Civil Hospital, Fazilka                                               | TCCC         |
|     27 | Rajasthan        | S P Medical College, Bikaner                                          | TCCC         |
|     28 |                  | SMS Medical College, Jaipur                                           | SCI          |
|     29 |                  | Jhalawar Medical College &Hospital, Jhalawar                          | TCCC         |
|     30 | Sikkim           | Multispecialty Hospital at Sochygang (Sichey), near Gangtok, Sikkim   | TCCC         |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu       | Cancer Institute (RCC), Adyar, Chennai                                | SCI          |
|     32 | Telangana        | MNJ Institute of Oncology& RCC, Hyderabad                             | SCI          |
|     33 | Tripura          | Cancer Hospital (RCC), Agartala                                       | SCI          |
|     34 | Uttar Pradesh    | Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow     | TCCC         |
|     35 | Uttarakhand      | Government Medical College, Haldwani                                  | SCI          |
|     36 | West Bengal      | Government Medical College, Burdwan                                   | TCCC         |
|     37 |                  | Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Berhampore, Murshidabad       | TCCC         |
|     38 |                  | Sagore Dutta Memorial Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata           | TCCC         |