PM to inaugurate development projects including an upgraded cancer centre: Tripura

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is

scheduled to visit Tripura in February to inaugurate several

development projects, including an upgraded cancer centre, a

government official said.

The regional centre, which offers treatment to more

than 2,000 cancer patients annually, is set to have a new

building and modern equipment, he said.

According to government reports, 3,786 patients

succumbed to cancer between 2013 and 2016 in the state.

Sanjay Mishra, the media adviser to chief minister

Biplab Kumar Deb said a high-level meeting was convened

Monday to review progress in the cancer hospital project.

"The Prime Minister is scheduled to visit Tripura in

February to inaugurate several developmental projects. The

newly built building at the cancer centre is one of them.

Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday reviewed the

progress of the construction work at the centre," Mishra said.

Chief Secretary LK Gupta, Public Works Department

(PWD) secretary Manoj Kumar and Health and Family Welfare

secretary Samarjit Bhowmik were among those who attended

Monday's meeting, he said.

"The CM would be visiting New Delhi tomorrow

(Wednesday) and meet the prime minister to discuss various

issues, including the inauguration of the cancer hospital

the building," Mishra told reporters.

According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (2016-17), 40

per cent of all cancer patients in the northeast suffer from

head and neck malignancy, mainly caused by tobacco

consumption.

Tripura tops in tobacco use in the region with 64.5

per cent patients in the state admitting to nicotine

consumption, the report added.