An oncology unit was inaugurated at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital in Barasat on Saturday.
The hospital, which has been in operation for nine years, did not have any facility to treat cancer patients. An official of the hospital said an oncology OPD clinic will be open from Monday to Saturday.
There will be facilities to administer chemotherapy, said the official.
“We have started with a four-bed chemotherapy unit. Four persons can undergo chemotherapy simultaneously,” said the official.
“Since chemotherapy is a daycare procedure and the duration is different for different patients, we will be able to administer chemotherapy to more than one patient on each bed every day.”
Two senior doctors from hospitals run by the group will be present at the OPD clinic alternately with their teams, said the official.
“We hope patients from Barasat and neighbouring areas will benefit immensely as cancer care is now closer home,” said the official.
The hospital also has plans to start radiotherapy.
Ahiritola Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity unveils banner of this year’s Durga Puja
Picture by Gautam Bose
The organisers of a prominent Durga puja in Calcutta unveiled the banner of this year’s festival on Sunday evening. Ahiritola Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity chose the second Sunday of May, which is celebrated as International Mother’s Day, for the occasion. The programme on Sunday was titled Matri Dibase Matri Bandana (Worshipping the Mother on Mother’s Day). The puja will turn 84 this year, the organisers said. At the Ahiritola Dolna Park on Sunday, women from different walks of life were felicitated (in picture) for their contributions to society. Craftsmen involved in the design of the pandal of the puja in past years were also felicitated.