Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase Bihar has initiated an ambitious cancer treatment plan under public private partnership (PPP) mode. The three-staged plan of Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Limited (BMSICL) will provide for the entire gamut of cancer treatment in the state. The project would be one of the largest cancer treatment facilities under PPP mode in the country. The state blueprint for cancer treatment networks nearly all the prominent government hospitals for the treatment. Too many patients, too few facilities At present, Bihar registers nearly 80,000 cancer patients every year. But only a handful of hospitals in the state have an oncology department. BMSICL has already started pre-bidding meeting with the major oncology service providers in the country. It held a marathon meeting with companies like Roentgen Oncologic Solutions of Delhi, Imperial Health Private Limited of Delhi, Philips Healthcare of Gurgaon, Wipro GE Healthcare of West Bengal and Patna-based Paras Hospital on Tuesday.

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