GOVERNMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1552 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2011

FINDINGS FOR TREATMENT

1552. MS. MABEL REBELLO:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Ministry funds cancer hospitals in the country which support primarily small projects and radiation related equipment for cancer treatment;

(b) if so, the details for the last three years, hospital-wise; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE (SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY)

(a) Yes, Sir.

(b) The Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) under its control has a fully funded autonomous institution in , viz., Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), which is a premier cancer centre for prevention, treatment, education and research in cancer. In addition, DAE has also been releasing grant-in-aid to various cancer hospitals in the country for research, procurement of medical equipment, procurement of Bhabhatron-II etc. The details of funds released during the 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2009- 10 are given in Annexure.I

(c) Does not arise, in view of the above.

******* Annexure - I Details of Grant given to cancer hospitals by Department of Atomic Energy during 2007-08

Sl Name of the Hospital Purpose Amt. released No (in Rupees) 1 Assam Medical College Cost of Blood Irradiator 24,50,000 Hospital, Dibrugarh Assam 2 B.K.L.Walawalkar Procurement of Simulator, 4,30,00,000 Hospital, Dervan, HDR, Telecobalt source, TPS and Dosimetry Immobilization 3 Sant Tukaram Hospital Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,40,00,000 & Medical Research and Cobalt 60 source Centre, Akola Maharashtra 4 Kamala Nehru Procurement of 150 RMM-60 50,00,000 Memorial Hospital, Cobalt Source and Ir.192 Allahabad, UP Source 5 Bhagwan Mahavir Procurement of Cobalt 60 30,00,000 Cancer Hospital & source Research Centre, Jaipur, Rajasthan 6 Institute Procurement of Cobalt 60 30,00,000 of Medical Sciences, source Patna 7 Mahatma Gandhi Procurement of Simulator 1,50,00,000 Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra 9 Mahatma Gandhi Procurement of Simulator, 2,30,00,000 Memorial Medical Accessories and contingency Trust, Bhimavaram AP 10 Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Procurement of equipments 2,57,00,000 Institute, Guwahati Assam 11 Advanced Centre for For research projects and 4,30,00,000 Treatment, Research, & replacement of Bhabhatron Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra 12 Tata Memorial Centre DAE-Clinical Trial Centre 27,87,425 Mumbai Total 17,99,37,425

1 Details of Grant given to cancer hospitals by Department of Atomic Energy during 2008-09

Sl Name of the Hospital Purpose Amt. released No (in Rupees) 1 Mahatma Gandhi Procurement of Simulator 45,00,000 Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha Maharashtra 2 Shri Siddhivinayak Procurement of New Gamma 50,00,000 Ganapati Cancer Camera Hospital, Miraj Maharashtra 3 Christian Medical Procurement of Blood Irradiator 24,50,000 College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Panjab 4 Padhar Hospital, Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,50,19,736 Betul, MP 5 Acharya Harihar Procurement of Bhabhatron-II Regional Cancer Telecobalt unit and 170 RMM 1,75,00,000 Centre, Cuttack Cobalt-60 source and Orissa accessories 6 Society for Applied For Design and Development of 1,24,04,000 Microwave Electronics Multi-leaf Collimator for use in Engineering and Linear Accelerator and Research (SAMEER) For services and maintenance Mumbai, Maharashtra of six units of SIDDHARTH LINAC 7 Madurai Kamaraj Project: “Development of drug University, Madurai discovery assay tools and 66,27,931 Tamilnadu identification of potential cancer therapeutic compounds” 8 Chatrapathi Sahuji Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,75,00,000 Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, UP 9 Dr.B.Borooah Cancer Procurement of equipments 7,95,000 Institute, Guwahati 10 Tata Memorial Centre DAE-Clinical Trial Centre 1,29,55,326 Mumbai Total 9,47,51,993

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Details of Grant given to cancer hospitals by Department of Atomic Energy during 2009-10

Sl Name of the Hospital Purpose Amt. released No. (in Rupees) 1 Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Procurement of Iridium-192 source Hospital & Research Centre, for Micro-selectron HDR system 30,08,000 Jaipur, Rajasthan 2 Lokmanya Medical Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,75,00,000 Foundation, Pune Maharashtra 3 Ayurved Hospital and Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,75,00,000 Research Centre, Wagholi, Pune, Maharashtra 4 Mahatma Gandhi Memorial For Cancer Care Technology and 30,00,000 Medical Trust, Bhimavaram, Surgery AP 5 Padhar Hospital, Betul, MP Procurement of equipment, 2,35,74,636 Construction for Simulator & Mould Room, Mould Room Equipment, CT Scanner, Room for CT Scanner 6 Hassan Institute of Medical Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,75,00,000 Sciences, Hassan Karnataka 7 Vivekanand Medical Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,85,00,000 Foundation & Research Centre, Latur, Maharashtra 8 Indrayani Hospital, Pune Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,85,00,000 Maharashtra 9 Kota Cancer Society, Kota Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,52,54,900 Rajasthan 10 Cancer Centre Welfare Home Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,55,00,000 & Research Institute, Kolkata 11 Acharya Tulsi Regional Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,62,70,800 Cancer Treatment & Research Institute, Bikaner Rajasthan 12 Cancer Charitable Society, Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,54,62,900 Gaziabad, UP 13 Garud Hospital & Cancer Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,55,00,000 Centre, Ahmednagar Maharashtra 14 Christian Hospital, Mungeli, Procurement of Bhabhatron-II 1,72,11,300 Chattisgarh 15 Dr.B.Borooah Cancer Procurement of equipment 3,12,66,000 Institute, Guwahati, Assam 16 Tata Memorial Hospital, For Research Project 68,00,000 Mumbai Total 25,23,48,536 3