SHILLONG: The under construction Cancer Research Center in NEIGRIHMS is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2019.
NEIGRIHMS PRO said that the implementing agency was scheduled to complete the project by the end of 2019 if there is no disturbance in the project due to weather.
“Work is going on for the project,” the PRO said
The establishment of the cancer research centre is expected to be of great boon for the people of Meghalaya and the region since the number of cancer cases is very high in Meghalaya and in the region as a whole.
Apart from cancer research centre, the construction of medical college building, nursing college building, and students’ hostels in NEIGRIHMS is going on at the expected pace and the institute is coming up with many facilities for the patients.
The construction of medical college building, nursing college building, cancer research center and students’ hostels was started in the month of March 2017 and good progress has been made as far as Medical College and cancer research center is concern
It is said that the expansion of the infrastructure will help a lot in improving the patient care activities particularly the regional cancer center will be a boon for the patients of this region suffering from this dreaded disease who are presently forced to visit faraway places for the treatment.
It was also informed that the administration of the institute is holding regular review meeting with the agencies which are undertaking the construction work on this projects so as to ensure that the facilities are handed over to them in time