The government had signed an MoU with the Trust to establish a state of the art cancer hospital and research centre in Bhubaneswar. The expert committee formed to identify land had finalised the land near Barang for the project. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had laid its foundation stone on February 17, 2019.
The committee had outlined the clinical facilities to be available in the 50-bed hospital. It also proposed to construct a bunker of 100 ft x 100 ft area for radiotherapy unit. However, the trust sought to change the hospital location due to technical issues.
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