RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to lay foundation of Cancer Hospital in Thane on Sunday

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief (RSS) Mohan Bhagwat will lay the foundation stone of Dharmveer Anand Dighe Cancer Hospital and Trimandir complex in the premises of the municipality's Global Building in Balkum area of Thane on Sunday. Due to this, the hospital of more than five hundred beds, which has been on paper for the past few years, will become a reality. This hospital will benefit the patients not only in Thane city but also in the district.

The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) acquired the plot in Rustamji Housing Complex in Balkum through the development of 'Town Center' reservation. The decision to lease this space to private enterprises was taken during the tenure of then Commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal. But after the number of patients started increasing during the Corona period, a well-equipped hospital with 1000 beds was built in this place and after that the proposal to lease this place to private enterprises was dropped. 

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Cancer patients from Thane city have to go to Mumbai for treatment and suffer a lot during the journey. Keeping this matter in mind, the municipality prepared a proposal for the construction of a cancer hospital in this place. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde was insistent on the construction of this hospital. This proposal was approved by the state government after the general meeting of the municipal corporation. Although this paved the way for the construction of a hospital here, this proposal was only on paper. The municipality has now taken steps to implement this proposal. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat will lay the foundation stone of this hospital on Sunday, July 30.

This hospital has been named after Dharmaveer Anand Dighe and Trimandir complex will also be constructed in the premises of this hospital. Dipak Desai of Dada Bhagwan Foundation, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel, Deputy Chief Minister of the state Devendra Fadnavis, Ajit Pawar, Union Minister of State for Panchayat Raj Kapil Patil and other ministers and leaders will be present in this Bhumi Pujan ceremony.

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A cancer hospital will be set up in the town center premises of Thane Municipal Corporation in Rustamji Home Complex in Balkum. The hospital will be constructed by the Thane Municipality through Bhokhand Jito Educational and Medical Trust and Tata Memorial Hospital. For the construction of this hospital, a built-up area of 24,000 square meters and an adjoining large plot of 12,000 square meters have been given to Jito Educational and Medical Trust and Tata Memorial Hospital.