The Assam cabinet on November 7 approved Rs 135 crore to the Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF) for the construction of 10 cancer hospitals across the state.
Assam Cabinet Meeting
In the first phase, three hospitals will be constructed. The second phase will witness another seven such hospitals.
The cost for the first phase of hospitals being built in Silchar, Guwahati, and Diphu is around Rs 135 crore which will be released by the Assam government.
Seven cancer hospitals will be set up in Dhubri, Nalbari, Goalpara, Golaghat, Nagaon, Sivasagar, and Tinsukia in the second phase.
“Once completed, the hospitals will generate at least 8,000 employment,” state tourism minister Jayanta Malla Baruah told media persons.
