Proposed cancer hospital's tender hinges on PCMC standing committee meeting next week
cancer treatment facility
gained some momentum two years after its announcement, as a senior civic official said a private operator was being finalised to execute the project.
The
Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
(PCMC) had floated a tender for the project last year, but a poor response from private operators caused multiple delays. "We extended the tender deadline at least thrice over the past year because of the poor response from operators," the senior PCMC official said.
The proposal to award the contract would be presented in the standing committee meeting next week for the final approval. The facility would be developed under a design-build-operate-transfer (DBOT) model through a
public private partnership
(PPP).
The operator would be responsible for operating the hospital for 30 years and then hand over the infrastructure to the PCMC.
The
cancer hospital
would be set up on a 34,868sqft plot near the new Thergaon civic hospital. It will have a 60-bed capacity initially, with plans to expand it to a 100-bed facility in the future. According to the civic officials, once the work begins, the hospital is likely to be ready within two years.
The PCMC at present does not have a cancer treatment facility at any of its civic hospitals across the city.
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The chemotherapy service was briefly introduced at Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital with support from visiting specialists, but later it was discontinued. This has forced many cancer patients to seek expensive treatment in private hospitals.
Dr Laxman Gophane, the medical officer of the PCMC's health department, said the operator would be responsible for constructing the facility and installing medical infrastructure.
It is estimated to cost around Rs200 crore. "Under the agreement, treatment costs will be regulated and limited to rates prescribed under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MPJAY) and the Central Govt Health Scheme (CGHS)," he said.
The hospital will offer comprehensive cancer care, including chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgeries and counselling. It will cater to different types of cancers such as breast, lung, prostate and cervical cancers. Advanced medical equipment, including linear accelerators, brachytherapy units and PET-CT scanners, will be available.
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