Bathinda, Jan. 24 -- Come February, cancer patients in the region will have access to advanced radiotherapy equipment closer home at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bathinda.

Officials on Friday stated that AIIMS had secured two high-end machines, including a high energy linear accelerator (HELA) with 3D imaging and positron emission tomography (PET) scan, for cancer diagnosis and treatment.

High-energy linear accelerators are advanced medical devices that accelerate electrons to near-light speeds, producing high-energy X-rays or electron beams to precisely target and destroy cancer cells while sparing surrounding healthy tissue

A PET scan is a non-invasive, nuclear imaging test used to diagnose, stage and monitor ca...