India, Jan. 6 -- A dedicated cancer day care centre is expected to become operational at sector 10A Civil Hospital this month, district health department officials said. The daycare will have six beds for chemotherapy sessions, they added.

Doctors at the district's biggest health facilities had to refer cancer patients to Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak or All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. "The hospital staff has been working on setting up the centre with adjustable recliners, infusion pumps, monitors and oximeters. The centre will become operational after final inspections by teams from AIIMS Jhajjar," said Dr Lokveer Singh, chief medical officer (CMO) of ...