The highest number of cancer patients are being reported from Batticaloa. The reason for this is still unknown. Health Minister Maithripala Sirisena ordered health authorities to conduct a full study soon to find out the reason, a Health Ministry spokesman W.M.D. Vanninayake said.
At present cancer patients live in the Eastern Province need to travel to Badulla, Kandy or Colombo to obtain treatment. But once the Oncology Unit set up they can obtain the same treatment from Batticaloa Teaching Hospital, he said.
A new Oncology Unit with modern medical equipment will be opened at Batticaloa Teaching Hospital soon.
A new building complex is now being constructed at a cost of Rs. 200 million. A Linera Accelerator will be installed at Batticaloa Teaching Hospital at a cost of Rs. 1,500 million instead of the Cobolt machine which sometimes cause negative impact on the doctors who treat cancer patients, he added.
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