Archive · 29 Aug 2026
Cancer Day-Care Centre to Open in Vidisha on September 8
A new centre for cancer patients is planned at Vidisha Medical College.
It will open on September 8.
People from Vidisha and nearby districts will be able to use it.
AIIMS Bhopal will help run the centre at first.
The organisers will make an agreement to arrange this support.
Two training programmes will also help women learn beauty-parlour and tailoring skills.
The programmes are intended to help women find work and earn more money.
The announcements were made by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan during a visit to Vidisha.
A cancer day-care centre will be inaugurated at Vidisha Medical College on September 8.
The facility will serve patients from Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Dewas, Sagar and nearby Bundelkhand areas.
AIIMS Bhopal will initially help operate the centre under an agreement with Vidisha Medical College.
Union ministers Jitendra Singh and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, along with Rajendra Shukla, are expected at the inauguration.
Women in Vidisha, Raisen and Sehore will receive beauty-parlour and tailoring training through Rural Self-Employment Training Institutes.
- Who
- Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the plans; AIIMS Bhopal, Jitendra Singh and Rajendra Shukla are involved in the inauguration or operation support.
- What
- A cancer day-care centre will open, alongside women’s skill-training programmes in beauty services and tailoring.
- When
- The cancer centre is scheduled to be inaugurated on September 8; beauty-parlour training is scheduled to begin on September 5.
- Where
- The cancer centre will be located at Vidisha Medical College, and the women’s training will take place in Vidisha, Raisen and Sehore.
- Why
- The centre is intended to serve cancer patients from Vidisha and neighbouring areas, while the training aims to support women’s self-employment and increase their income.
- Cancer centre opening
- Scheduled for September 8 at Vidisha Medical College.
- Initial operating support
- AIIMS Bhopal will initially assist the centre.
- Planned agreement
- Vidisha Medical College and AIIMS Bhopal will sign an MoU.
- Areas to be served
- Vidisha, Raisen, Sehore, Dewas, Sagar and adjoining Bundelkhand areas, including Ashoknagar.
- Beauty-parlour training
- A 30-day course is scheduled to begin September 5 in Vidisha, Raisen and Sehore.
- Tailoring training
- A 31-day tailoring programme will also be conducted.
- Employment support
- Organisers said efforts would be made to connect trainees with self-employment through bank linkages.