Ratan Tata says Ranchi cancer hospital will be boon for entire region

Ranchi (By our correspondent): Chairman of the Tata Trust Padma Vibhushan Ratan Tata appreciated the fact the government at the centre as well as those in the different states have showed their vision to tackle cancer by springing up a number of cancer treatment hospitals across the country which are providing patients affordable treatment and state of the art facilities. Addressing a function organised at Kadma Maidan in Sukurhutu of Ranchi where he jointly laid the foundation with Chief Minister Raghubar Das to construct the 302 bed Ranchi Cancer Hospital and Research center he said that the Chief Minister of Jharkhand should also be congratulated and complimented for his forth sight for the laying of foundation stone for this hospital.

He said that lakhs of people every year die in the nation due to cancer and many have lost their will to live due to the high cost of treatment and the difficulty involved, moreover there was also lack of medicines which depicted a sad scene for the treatment to the diseases. “The government at the centre, as well as those in the different states, have showed their vision to tackle cancer by springing up a number of cancer treatment hospitals across the country which are providing patients affordable treatment and state of the art facilities,” he said adding that project of this scale has not been taken up any where in the world or the country.