A 550-bed oncology super-speciality hospital will be set up opposite the existing facility
Mumbai-based Tata Memorial Hospital has floated a tender for the construction of a 550-bed oncology super-speciality hospital opposite its existing facility. The new facility will be known as ‘Platinum Jubilee Block’ and a tender was floated recently. Work for the same will start in six months.
According to Dr Shailesh Shrikhande, Deputy Director of Tata Memorial Hospital and lead coordinator on the new projects the new facility will cater to gastrointestinal, thoracic, head and neck, neuro, bone and soft tissue oncological problems.
The new building will have 17 storeys, including three basements and 23 large operation theatres, large daycare, taxi and car park spread over 11.5 lakh sq ft. The new facility will be ready in three to four years.
