Kurnool: Patient care on the Kurnool State Cancer Institute (KSCI) shouldn’t be but optimum because the linear accelerator put in on the hospital at a price of ₹30 crore is but to be absolutely operationalised. Doctors estimate that it’s going to take at the least two months earlier than it’s absolutely commissioned for sufferers.

KSCI had been deliberate below the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS). State authorities allotted 9.5 acres of land for the power inside the Government General Hospital premises in Kurnool.

Central authorities had allotted ₹120 crore in 2018 to determine the institute. It made some progress below the earlier TDP authorities with the Andhra Pradesh Medical Services and Infrastructure Development Corporation taking over the development. However, after the YSRC authorities took workplace in 2019, there had been no vital growth.

In 2024, the then minister Buggana Rajendranath Reddy inaugurated the most cancers institute forward of the elections, regardless of the absence of important tools.

The Kurnool State Cancer Institute at the moment has one professor, two affiliate professors, 18 assistant professors and 25 nursing employees. However, as a result of lack of important machines for radiotherapy and chemotherapy, the institute is unable to confess sufferers to its full capability.

Cancer sufferers are being handled below suboptimal situations utilizing the outdated tools.

KSCI is at the moment lacking vital tools, comparable to a reef machine, MRI, X-ray machine, ultrasound machine, endoscopy tools, mammogram and pathology labs. Operation theatres are but to be arrange. There is a necessity for CT scans, MR spectroscopic imaging, and HR statue affirmation models for breast most cancers.

A senior official of KSCI stated the linear accelerator acquired by the institute is anticipated to be out there inside the subsequent two to a few months. In the interim, efforts are being made to enhance providers for most cancers sufferers.

Annually, 3,000 to 4,000 individuals undergo from most cancers and are handled in non-public hospitals below the Aarogyasri, primarily as a result of restricted providers on the most cancers unit in Kurnool. Consequently, many most cancers sufferers journey to cities like Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bengaluru, Chennai and Tirupati for therapy.