Gujarat's Bhavnagar to get its own cancer care and research institute

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani to dedicate developmental works of urban public welfare and health facilities worth Rs 70 crore to Bhavnagar metropolis.
The chief minister will inaugurate Bhavnagar Cancer Care and Research Institute run by Gujarat Cancer Research Institute at Sir Takhtsinhji Hospital in Bhavnagar in the presence of deputy chief minister Nitin Patel.
This Cancer Care and Research Institute is set up in Bhavnagar so that people from Saurashtra, Botad and Amreli districts do not have to travel to Ahmedabad for the treatment of cancer. An MoU with Gujarat Cancer and Research Institute, Ahmedabad has been done by the state government for this purpose.
Bhavnagar Cancer Care and Research Institute, equipped with state-of-the-art treatment machinery, has been set up at a cost of Rs 32.11 crore at Sir Takhtsinhji Hospital in Bhavnagar.
The chief minister will reach Bhavnagar on July 20 around 10am and will present other development works to Bhavnagar metropolis including this institute.
Rupani will also dedicate 292 houses constructed at a cost of Rs 18.88 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. He will also hand over the keys of houses to some of the beneficiaries.
Under the 'Amrut' scheme at Nari in Bhavnagar metropolis, Rupani will also dedicate five MLD water treatment plants constructed at a cost of Rs 5.27 crore.
He will initiate the works of the lake construction at a cost of Rs 2.25 crore under city beautification in Nari village under Swarnim Jayanti Mukhya Mantri Shaheri Vikas Yojana and CC road construction at a cost of Rs 10.99 crore from Dukhi Shyam Bapa Circle toward Adhewada till Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation limit.