Archive · 3 Sep 2026
Four Medical Colleges Receive LINAC Machines, Bhopal Left Out
Four government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh have received special cancer-treatment machines called LINACs.
The machines are in Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior.
Gandhi Medical College in Bhopal was supposed to receive one too, but funding was not available.
Special bunkers were built to protect people from radiation.
The machines arrived in parts and must be assembled and tested.
One doctor said this could take about six more months.
Each machine costs Rs 46.7 crore.
Once working, the machines will let more cancer patients receive advanced radiation treatment at government hospitals instead of going to private hospitals.
LINAC machines have arrived at medical colleges in Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior.
Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, has not received a machine because of insufficient funds.
Special radiation-shielded bunkers were built to house the machines safely.
Each machine costs Rs 46.7 crore and includes a four-year warranty and maintenance coverage worth Rs 4.4 crore.
The machines are expected to provide government-hospital cancer patients access to advanced radiation treatment, although operation may take six more months.
- Who
- Medical colleges in Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior received the machines; Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, did not.
- What
- Four medical colleges received Linear Accelerator machines for cancer radiation treatment.
- When
- The article does not give an arrival date; operation of one machine may take six more months.
- Where
- The machines were delivered to hospitals attached to medical colleges in Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior, while Bhopal remains without one.
- Why
- Bhopal did not receive its machine because funds were unavailable; the machines are intended to provide advanced cancer radiation treatment in government hospitals.
- Machines delivered
- Four LINAC machines
- Recipient cities
- Indore, Jabalpur, Rewa and Gwalior
- Bhopal status
- Gandhi Medical College has not received a machine due to lack of funds
- Cost per machine
- Rs 46.7 crore
- Warranty
- Four years
- Maintenance coverage
- Rs 4.4 crore for four years
- Expected operation timeline
- About six more months for assembly and operation, according to Dr Shyamji Rawat