Nadda, Khattar to inaugurate cancer care centre in Ambala today

AMBALA: A tertiary care cancer centre named after former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, built at a cost of Rs 72 crore in Ambala Cantonment, is all set for inauguration by BJP’s national president JP Nadda and Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday.

Health minister Anil Vij, Ambala MP Rattan Lal Kataria, ACS (health) Rajeev Arora and several politicians are also expected to attend the grand ceremony that will begin at 9am on the premises of the civil hospital.

Officials said that Nadda is expected to arrive via train at Ambala Cantonment railway station, from where Vij will accompany him to the event site.

SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa said that at least 1,300 police personnel will be deployed. “We have made diversions for heavy vehicles bound for Saha and beyond that will commute via NH-44 and turn at Dinapur village to join NH-444A. Medium and light vehicles will ply from Swastik Chowk via Football Chowk, main market and Subhash Park or via army rest house, staff road, and Subhash Park. Some other routes have also been designated from 9am to 4pm.”

First state-run centre in Haryana

Health officials have termed the newly built facility the first government-run such centre in Haryana, which has been built by HLL Infra Tech Services. The construction of the project started in July 2018 and the building was handed over to the health department in November last year. Centre’s radiological safety officer Sahil Bhardwaj said the 50-bed hospital will have the advanced machinery.

Vij said, “The centre will cater not only to patients from Haryana, but from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh too.”