In an aim to accommodate more patients, the
State Government has enhanced the number of beds at Acharya
Harihar Post Graduate Institute of Cancer (AHPGIC) from 281 to
507.
The State Government took the decision after noticing that the
patients and their relatives suffered a lot to get admission and
treatment at the premier cancer hospital of Odisha.
Due to nonavailability of amenities, many of the patients and their
attendants are forced to wait under the open sky on the hospital
premises.
Recently, following the intervention of Chief Secretary SC Mahapatra
rest sheds were opened on the premises of AHPGIC for the comfort
of patients and their attendants.
The 281-bed Government-run cancer hospital gets 700 to 1,000
patients from across the State daily. Of them, around 350 visit the
hospital for radiation every day and 500 for diagnosis and treatment.
Many of them stay in the open for at least five to seven days till
availability of their diagnosis reports. After publication of a news item
on patients' and their attendants' plight at the AHPGIC in various
media, the Government has taken the decision, source said.
