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Ruby General Hospital Plans Nine Floors for Cancer Care
Ruby General Hospital wants to make its new building much taller.
It plans to add nine floors to the eight floors already there.
The building will then have 17 floors.
The project is expected to cost about ₹40 crore.
It should be finished in about two years.
Some floors will provide hospice care for very sick patients.
There will also be rooms for cancer patients and relatives who travel from outside Calcutta.
The hospital has also added new operating rooms and cancer-treatment equipment.
Ruby General Hospital plans to add nine floors to its existing eight-storey building.
The expanded building will have 17 floors and cost around ₹40 crore.
The project is expected to be completed within two years.
Plans include a hospice and accommodation for cancer patients and relatives from outside Calcutta.
The hospital has spent ₹50 crore on upgrades, including six new operation theatres, critical care units, a digital PET-CT scanner and radioablation facilities.
- Who
- Ruby General Hospital, led by chairman and managing director Kamal Kumar Dutta.
- What
- The hospital plans to add nine floors, creating a 17-storey building with hospice and accommodation facilities.
- Where
- Ruby General Hospital in Calcutta.
- When
- The project is planned for completion in two years; the announcement was made on Wednesday.
- Why
- To provide hospice care and lodging for cancer patients and relatives who travel for extended treatment.
Key facts
- Planned height
- 17 storeys
- Additional floors
- Nine floors
- Estimated project cost
- Around ₹40 crore
- Planned completion
- Two years
- Recent upgrade spending
- ₹50 crore over the past 16 months
- New operation theatres
- Six, in addition to five existing theatres
- Cancer facilities
- Digital PET-CT scanning and radioablation treatment
Quotes
Gautam Mukhopadhyay
Surgical oncologist and director of Ruby Cancer Centre
“The hospital has a comprehensive cancer care facility, including a radioablation treatment facility and a digital PET-CT scan. Radioablation is essential for treating patients suffering from thyroid cancer. This type of cancer is curable, but patients need radioablation after surgery.”
telegraphindia.com
“It will have a hospice and accommodation for cancer patients and their relatives who come from outside Calcutta and need to stay for a long time for treatment.”
telegraphindia.com
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