Guwahati to Get New Centre for Advanced Proton Beam Cancer Therapy

  GUWAHATI: The State Cabinet has approved the establishment of a Proton Beam Therapy Centre in Guwahati under the Assam State Secondary Healthcare Initiative for Service Delivery Transformation (ASSIST) Project. ALSO READ: 1.1-km Railway Overbridge to Come Up Near Hawaipur in Assam at ₹155 Crore The centre will be established through the Assam Health Infrastructure Development…

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Assam to Get India's First Proton Therapy Unit in Public Healthcare

  GUWAHATI: While addressing the budget session of Assam Assembly Finance Minister Jayanta Balla Baruah announced that the Assam government has approved the procurement and installation of a proton therapy machine worth 550 crore at the State Cancer Institute, Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH). Once operational, it will be the first proton therapy unit in…

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