Intensive Cancer Care unit inaugurated at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital
Posted on: 04/Jan/2014 11:42:19 AM
Health minister C. Vijaya Baskar inaugurated a 15-bed Intensive Cancer Care unit which has been set up at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital (GH) in the presence of S. Shanmuga Kumar, head of radiation oncology, GH, on Friday. The minister said this was the first ICU for cancer patients in a government hospital in Tamil Nadu. Of the 15 beds, 10 are for adults.
Funds generated under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme have been utilised for setting up the ICU at a cost of Rs. 20 lakh. With this unit, the number of beds for ICUs at GH has increased to 250, V. Kanagasabai, GH dean said.
