New Delhi: In line with the Government’s commitment to ensure the availability of drugs at affordable prices, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued an O.M. dated 28.10.2024 directing the concerned manufacturers to reduce the MRP on three anti-cancer drugs, Trastuzumab, Osimertinib and Durvalumab.  This is in pursuance to the announcement made in the Union Budget for the year 2024-25 exempting these three anti-cancer medicines from customs duty. The Department of Revenu...Read More

Rajkot: Shree Khodaldham Trust (SKT), an organization for the Leuva Patel community, will be building a hospital and a cancer research center in Amreli village of Padadhari taluka of Rajkot, the groundbreaking ceremony for which will take place in January next year. During a press conference, SKT chairman Naresh Patel and spokesperson Hasmukh Lunagariya disclosed that the foundation stone for the 200-bed hospital would be laid in Amreli village on January 21. The facility is designed to inclu...Read More

Vadodara: Sterling Cancer Hospital has been suspended for three months period from Ma card scheme. Bhayli based Sterling hospital faced surprise check on 4 October by anti fraud team of Ma card yojana. I It was learnt that the hospital was referring patients to other hospitals and collecting cash from them. Three patients had complained about same. The hospital was fined for Rs. 28.40 lakh for not giving Onco surgery facility. DeshGujaratRead More

Ahmedabad: In 2022, the Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) recorded a total of 16,329 cancer cases, with 7,105 cases (43.5%) attributed primarily to tobacco consumption. An analysis of these cases revealed that mouth cancer accounted for 43% of tobacco-related cancers, followed by tongue cancer at 20% and lung cancer at 12%. Experts note that Gujarat is among the states with a relatively high prevalence of tobacco-related cancers. Dr Shashank Pandya, the director of GCRI, highlighted...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has granted in-principle approval for the allotment of Rs 70 crore to start the Cyclotron project at The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute which will as a result of the project generate radioactive substances to be used for cancer treatment. The project will allow the production of radioactive substances that can be used for cancer treatment as needed. The project will require a utility building across 1000 square meters of land with five floors, includin...Read More

Bharuch: The J.B. Mody cancer hospital at Jayaben Modi Charitable hospital at Ankleshwar, inaugurated on Tuesday, is the first cancer radiation and chemotherapy centre in Bharuch district. It will be run by the Ankleshwar Industrial Development Society (AIDS). It is built at a cost of Rs 28 crore. The JB Modi family, along with Bharatbhai and Pallaviben Mehta, contributed Rs 20 crores for the hospital. Other contributors include GCPTCL port, the GACL and other companies and persons. The ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital achieved second rank in implementation and performance of Ayushman Bharat scheme at national level. The evaluation of the performance of the hospitals under Ayushman Bharat Scheme was conducted at a program in Delhi on the completion of 3 years of this scheme started by the central government. The government medical college at Kottayam in Kerala achieved the first rank in it. GCRI Ahmedabad has given treatm...Read More

Ahmedabad: Deputy CM Nitinbhai Patel informed that various machines for the radiotherapy treatment against cancer are installed at a cost of around Rs 75 crores in cancer hospital at Medi-city in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and they will soon start operating for the patients. Deputy CM Nitibhai Patel today visited the new building of the Gujarat Cancer Research Institute in the Medi-city campus at Ahmedabad civil hospital. He said that Gujarat is to be the first state in the country to start su...Read More

Bhavnagar: Bhavnagar has today got a Rs. 32. 11 crore 'Bhavnagar Cancer Care & Research Institute' at Sir Takhtasinhji Hospital. The institute is an initiative of Ahmedabad based 'Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute' which had signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the State government for this cause. Bhavnagar gets Cancer hospitalhttps://t.co/M4aLsJBn0H pic.twitter.com/3dr6eCVtxP— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) July 20, 2021 Speaking at a function in Bhavnagar today, Gujarat ...Read More