Lok Sabha Question No. 2770 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-17
Subject: Cancer Treatment facilities in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Tangella Uday Srinivas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO -2770

ANSWERED ON 17/12/2025

## CANCER TREATMENT FACILITIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 2770.    SHRI TANGELLA UDAY SRINIVAS

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has received or approved proposals for establishment of new Tata Memorial  Centre  (TMC)  or  other  cancer  treatment  facilities  in  States/UTs  including Andhra Pradesh during the last three years;
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof along with the status of proposals as approved or rejected and funds allocated, released and utilised, year, State and district-wise including Kakinada;
- (c) the  details  and  the  present  status  of  under-construction  TMCs  with  funds  allocated, released and utilized since approval, year and centre-wise;
- (d) the details of capacity and the number of patients treated at functional TMCs along with the funds allocated, released and utilized during the last five years, year and centre-wise;
- (e) the number of National Cancer Grid (NCG) member institutions functioning in the country along with the number of patients handled during the last five years, State and district-wise particularly for Andhra Pradesh including Kakinada; and
- (f) whether any new proposals are pending for empanelment under NCG and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) The following requests have been received to establish Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) units in the past 3 years:-
- (i) Establishment of Cancer detection centre in Balia, Uttar Pradesh
- (ii) To propose better ideas for better cancer care at Government Medical College, Kota, and contributions for the upcoming cancer hospital at Kota, Rajasthan
- (iii) Establishment of 100 bedded comprehensive cancer care centre at Goa Medical College, Panaji, Goa
- (iv) To  incorporate  the  Acharya  Tulsi  Regional  Cancer  Treatment  &  Research Institute, Bikaner, Rajasthan under the TMC umbrella.
- (b) Details of the above proposals are as under:
- (i) Establishment  of  Cancer  detection  centre  in  Balia,  Uttar  Pradesh -technical assistance is being offered by TMC.
- (ii) Government  Medical  College,  Kota,  Rajasthan -TMC  offered  its  technical assistance  including  training  and  medical  and  other  staff  members,  technical specifications for procurement of equipment, common treatment protocols and guidelines.
- (iii) 100 bedded cancer care centre at Goa Medical College, Panaji -TMC offered to provide technical assistance and expert domain knowledge to the Government of Goa for setting up a State Cancer Institute in the Government Medical College, Goa.
- (iv) Acharya  Tulsi  Regional  Cancer  Treatment  &  Research  Institute,  Bikaner, Rajasthan- TMC offered to provide technical assistance in all domains to update the Institute to a state-of-the-art cancer centre.
- (v) As far as Andhra Pradesh is concerned, TMC has established a hospital namely 'Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre' which is already functional as a state-of -art facility to provide comprehensive cancer care.
- (c) Department of Atomic Energy sanctioned funds of Rs.556.78 crore for the establishment of a cancer hospital at Visakhapatnam. However, the actual utilised grant was Rs . 511.80 Cr and the project has already been inaugurated by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 11.05.2023. This hospital is fully functional.
- (d) Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (HBCHRC) in Visakhapatnam, located in the state of Andhra Pradesh, was initiated as a unit of Tata Memorial Centre (Mumbai) under the aegis of the Department of Atomic Energy in 2014 with a vision to provide comprehensive multi-disciplinary, evidence based, affordable cancer care in Southern and Eastern regions of India. Since its inception in June 2014 as an operational outpatient unit providing medical, gynaecological and preventive oncology services, palliative care has been a part of multi-modality care.

The centre  serves  patients  from  the  coastal  and  central  regions  of  Andhra  Pradesh, Telangana, Orissa, West Bengal, and Jharkhand. In the year 2024, there were a total of new patients 8,952 registrations with 4,945 admissions and 1,730 major surgeries. The utilization of other services included  1,31,073  laboratory services  and  19,885 diagnostic services (radiology and nuclear medicine). External beam radiotherapy was administered  to  1,408  patients,  and  brachytherapy  was  performed  in  162  patients. Significant increase in registrations (22.2%) has been observed compared to previous years' census.

The centre currently offers services for patients under various government schemes, including the Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Trust Scheme (formerly Dr YSR Aarogyasri) and Employee Health Scheme (EHS) for the state of Andhra Pradesh, the Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana (BSKY) for the state of Odisha. Moreover, services also provided to beneficiaries of BARC, Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited  (RINL,  Vizag  Steel  Plant),  Ex-servicemen  Contributory  Health  Scheme (ECHS), Indian naval Hospital Ship (INHS), Kalyani Health Services and East-coast Railways.  There  is  an  ongoing  process  to  establish  an  MoU  with  South-Central Railways, Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited (BHEL), Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and these agreements are currently under process.

The  census  details  till  date  across  various  services  indicate  a  steady  increase  in workload and footfall at HBCH&RC, Visakhapatnam, as compared to the census of the three preceding years

| Sl. No.   | Parameters                                                                      | 2019                 | 2020                 | 2021                 | 2022                 | 2023                 | 2024                 | 2025 till 30 .11.2025   |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| 1)        | Patient registered                                                              | Patient registered   | Patient registered   | Patient registered   | Patient registered   | Patient registered   | Patient registered   | Patient registered      |
| 1)        | a) Patient chart files                                                          | 5050                 | 4013                 | 3320                 | 3786                 | 4592                 | 5251                 | 5662                    |
| 1)        | b) Referrals for diagnostic/ investigations/ supportive services/ consultations | 2351                 | 1922                 | 819                  | 1185                 | 1361                 | 1454                 | 1221                    |
| 1)        | c) Preventive Oncology                                                          | 636                  | 878                  | 1492                 | 951                  | 1375                 | 2247                 | 1813                    |
| 1)        | Total Patient Registrations                                                     | 8037                 | 6813                 | 5631                 | 5922                 | 7328                 | 8952                 | 10322                   |
| 2)        | Inpatient admissions                                                            | Inpatient admissions | Inpatient admissions | Inpatient admissions | Inpatient admissions | Inpatient admissions | Inpatient admissions | Inpatient admissions    |
| 2)        | Total Beds                                                                      | 18                   | 63                   | 136                  | 136                  | 202                  | 202                  | 202                     |
| 2)        | No. of Admissions                                                               | 852                  | 1803                 | 3274                 | 3152                 | 4175                 | 4945                 | 5609                    |
| 3)        | Radiotherapy                                                                    | Radiotherapy         | Radiotherapy         | Radiotherapy         | Radiotherapy         | Radiotherapy         | Radiotherapy         | Radiotherapy            |
| 3)        | a) External Beam Therapy (no. of patients)                                      | 201                  | 919                  | 1161                 | 1164                 | 1249                 | 1408                 | 1527                    |
| 3)        | b) Brachytherapy (no. of patients)                                              | not available        | 48                   | 161                  | 137                  | 156                  | 162                  | 255                     |

|    | c) Treatment Planning/ Beam Modification (no. of patients)   | 201                     | 919                     | 1322                    | 762                     | 1715                    | 2114                    | 1663                    |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 4) | Major / Minor Surgeries                                      | Major / Minor Surgeries | Major / Minor Surgeries | Major / Minor Surgeries | Major / Minor Surgeries | Major / Minor Surgeries | Major / Minor Surgeries | Major / Minor Surgeries |
|    | a) Major surgeries                                           | 721                     | 701                     | 799                     | 909                     | 1721                    | 1730                    | 2298                    |
|    | b) Minor surgeries/ OT procedures                            | 85                      | 202                     | 950                     | 577                     | 1965                    | 3160                    | 793                     |
| 5) | Day Care Patients                                            | Day Care Patients       | Day Care Patients       | Day Care Patients       | Day Care Patients       | Day Care Patients       | Day Care Patients       |                         |
|    | a) General patients                                          | 6776                    | 7131                    | 7097                    | 9530                    | 13673                   | 16,349                  | 17407                   |
|    | b) Private patients                                          | not available           | 172                     | 1063                    | 1328                    | 1593                    | 2083                    | 2360                    |

## Funds allocated and released by DAE

| Particulars   | Vizag (In Cr.)   |
|---------------|------------------|
| 2020-2021     | -                |
| 2021-2022     | -                |
| 2022-2023     | 7.26             |
| 2023-2024     | 37.38            |
| 2024-2025     | 45.74            |

## Funds Utilised/ Revenue Expenditure

| Particulars   | Vizag (In Cr.)   |
|---------------|------------------|
| 2020-2021     | -                |
| 2021-2022     | -                |
| 2022-2023     | 8.39             |
| 2023-2024     | 60.33            |
| 2024-2025     | 76.53            |

- (e)    The  number  of  Member  institution  registered  under  National  Cancer  Grid  (NCG)  is available at https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members which is updated periodically. However, the list of Andhra Pradesh including Kakinada is provided below;

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Institute                                      | District          |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|         1 | Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital &Research Centre (Secretariat) | Visakhapatnam, AP |
|         2 | Andhra Medical College                                     | Visakhapatnam, AP |
|         3 | Government Medical College                                 | Guntur, AP        |
|         4 | Rangaraya Medical College                                  | Kakinada, AP      |
|         5 | AC Subba Reddy Government Medical College                  | Nellore, AP       |
|         6 | Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical sciences (SVIMS)     | Tirupati, AP      |

|   7. | SVMC/SVRRGGH                                                    | Tirupati, AP          |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
|    8 | Government Medical College                                      | Kurnool, AP           |
|    9 | Siddhartha Medical College                                      | Vijayawada, AP        |
|   10 | Government Medical College                                      | Kadapa, AP            |
|   11 | Government Medical College                                      | Ananthapurmu, AP      |
|   12 | Good Samaritan Cancer &General Hospital                         | Eluru, AP             |
|   13 | Indian Red Cross Society Cancer Hospital                        | Nellore, AP           |
|   14 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences                         | Mangalagiri           |
|   15 | Government Medical College                                      | Rajamahendravaram, AP |
|   16 | AlluriSitarama Raju Academy of Medical Science                  | Eluru, AP             |
|   17 | Golden jubilee hospital, Visakhapatnam port authority           | Visakhapatnam, AP     |
|   18 | Sri Venkateswara Institute of Cancer Care and Advanced Research | Tirupati, AP          |
|   19 | Apollo Cancer Center                                            | Visakhapatnam, AP     |

(f) There is no 'empanelment' process in NCG. Any organization or hospital can join after filling out a form.

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