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Scope : To Set up Ayurveda-based Cancer Hospital in Khopoli in Maharashtra
Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) is set to become the first cancer hospital in India to set up 100 beds to treat cancer patients with Ayurveda at Khopoli. On sprawling medicinal plantations to come up on 18 acres of land in Khopoli where ayurvedic vanaspatis will be tested for cancer research.
The hospital will be an integrated cancer care centre. The Khopoli centre will be 30-40 minutes away from Kharghar’s Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) centre.
The hospital, set to come up by 2026, has been studying the role of yoga and Ayurveda in improving treatment outcomes for cancer patients and the efficacy of certain Ayurvedic medicines. Ayurveda and yoga have not been tested rigorously in a scientific manner like it is done in modern medicine.
A scientific study is needed to understand whether Ayurveda works and where it works (in the treatment protocol), among other aspects. Instead of using raw products from elsewhere for the research, they use homegrown medicinal plants.
The hospital has received Rs 300 crore from the Department of Atomic Energy for the centre, which will be spearheaded by Dr Pankaj Chaturvedi, head and neck cancer surgeon .At this new centre, they will cultivate 20-25 ayurvedic plants which are believed to have anti-cancer properties and continue researching on ayurveda in cancer treatment, the Khopoli hospital will also provide standard cancer treatment, including radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
In that entire belt, there is no cancer centre. There was a request to set up a cancer care facility. The 100-bed hospital will fill that void.
