India, Nov. 6 -- In a bid to make cancer diagnostics affordable for the masses, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has started work on its PET scan and radio-diagnostic laboratory at Swargate. This will be the first such (government) facility in Pune district as no such equipment currently exists even in district hospitals, officials said Wednesday. The laboratory - to be developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) model - will come up inside a 10,000 square feet standalone building at Kala Dalan, Sarasbaug.

Pune municipal commissioner Naval Kishore Ram along with other civic officials visited the site on Tuesday, inspecting the ongoing work and reviewing the project's progress. PMC health chief Dr Nina Borade, assistant health ...