PARLIAMENT QUESTION: HOMI BHABHA CANCER HOSPITALS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION CENTRES
PARLIAMENT QUESTION: HOMI BHABHA CANCER HOSPITALS AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION CENTRES
Sr.
No.
Name of the Hospital
City, State
Date of commissioning
Beds
No. of Patient
Registered in 2025
No. of surgeries
performed in 2025
1
Tata Memorial Hospital
Mumbai, Maharashtra
1941
650
35705
43208
2
Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and
Education in Cancer (ACTREC)
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
2002
500
8970
12588
3
Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre (MPMMCC) at
Varanasi
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
19/02/2019
394
25047
4188
4
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
01/05/2018
189
2684
556
5
Homi Bhabha Cancer
Hospital & Research Centre
Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh
11/05/2023
210
9751
4581
6
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre
New Chandigarh, Punjab
24/08/2022
300
10107
4807
7
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital
Sangrur, Punjab
20/01/2015
150
7796
1963
8
Dr. B. Borooah Cancer
Institute (BBCI)
Guwahati, Assam
27/11/2017
312
9810
4273
9
Homi Bhabha Cancer
Hospital and Research Centre
Muzaffarpur, Bihar
30/04/2025
107
7526
1212
10
Platinum Jubilee Block
Mumbai,
Maharashtra
Expected
31/03/2027
583
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11
Integrated Centre for Treatment, Research, and Education in Cancer
(ICTREC)
Khopoli, Raighad, Maharashtra
Expected 27/06/2026
75
—
—
12
Homi Bhabha Cancer
Hospital
Bhubaneswar,
Odisha
Expected
07/05/2026
200
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Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) under the Administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy expanded in seven states by establishing 11 Hospital/Institutions to provide the comprehensive cancer care at Mumbai, Kharghar-New Mumbai, Punjab, Varanasi, Vizag, Muzaffarupur and Guwahati. TMC created the facility at Khopoli by tapping Indian system of medicine for drug discovery and for cheaper and less side effective drugs. Promotion of Indian and Traditional knowledge of Medicine. Cultivation and Conservation of Medicinal plants unique to India and a 200-bed state-of-the-art cancer hospital and research centre is being established at the NISER Campus, Jatni (Khurda district), Odisha. The current status and the utilization are as follows:
for Exploration and Research (AMDER), has prepared Certified Reference Material (FC-CRM) for rare earth element (REE) required for development and validation of analytical methods, calibration of instruments and quality control. It certifies 13 REEs (Ce, Dy, Er, Eu, Gd, La, Nd, Pr, Sc, Sm, Tb, Y and Yb) and 6 major elements (Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn and P) and is useful in exploration, extraction and process control in REE ore mining. The CRM is the 4th such CRM in the world and first in India. BARC is producing high-purity gallium, indium, and germanium which is vital for use in semiconductors and radiation detectors to support its nuclear power programme. Further, requisite quality lutetium for radiopharmaceutical applications is also produced through isotope enrichment route. These CRM and lutetium based radiopharmaceutical development can be used by industries and hospitals respectively across the country including Odisha.
This Information was submitted by The Minister Of State For Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra Singh in Lok Sabha on 4th February 2026.
- There is no irradiation facility established by DAE for sterilisation of medical products in Odisha. There are two Gamma Irradiation Chamber unit in Odisha
- GC-5000 installed in “National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Blood Irradiator in “IMS & SUM Hospital”, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Ferrocarbonatite (FC) is a proven source for REEs explored in large deposits in India. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), jointly with Atomic Minerals Directorate