India, Oct. 1 -- The state cabinet on Tuesday approved a comprehensive policy for cancer treatment in Maharashtra, which is expected to significantly increase the number of day-care centers for cancer treatment.

A foundation with a corpus of Rs.100 crore will be established soon to implement the policy and 18 cancer care hospitals across the state will be placed in three tiers, with the Parel-based Tata Memorial Hospital designated as the apex L1 institute, and 17 other hospitals placed in the L2 and L3 categories, officials aware of the matter told Hindustan Times.

The second tier of hospitals, L2, will comprise eight hospitals, including government-run medical college and hospitals at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Chandrapur, Nagpur, Mum...