Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has received any proposal for establishing/ upgrading various National/Regional Cancer Care Centres to an Apex Centre of Excellence in the country;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the status of such proposals, State/UT-wise;
(c) whether affiliation of these Centres are also under consideration of the Government; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
(SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 214* FOR 11TH MARCH, 2016
(a) to (d) : References were received from the Government of Tamil Nadu regarding upgradation of the Cancer Institute (WIA), Adyar, as a Centre of Excellence - an Autonomous National Cancer Research Institute, from the Government of Kerala for upgradation of Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram to National Cancer Institute and from the Government of Rajasthan for setting up of National Cancer Institute at Jaipur. Currently, Government of India is not implementing any scheme in the field of Cancer for declaring a Cancer Institute as a Centre of Excellence. However, under the 12th Five Year Plan, National Cancer Institute at Jhajjar (Haryana) and 2nd campus of Chittranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata have been approved.
The Government of India is also implementing a scheme for enhancing the tertiary care facilities for Cancer in the country. Under the said scheme, Government of India assists to set up/establish State Cancer Institutes (SCI) and Tertiary Care Cancer Centre (TCCC) in different parts of the country. The maximum assistance inclusive of State share for SCI is upto Rs. 120 crores and for TCCC is upto Rs. 45 crores. Under the said scheme, 47 proposals have been received out of which 16 proposals are for SCI and 31 for TCCCs. After evaluation and examination, 6 SCIs and 5 TCCCs have been approved where first installment of Central Government share has been released.
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