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A BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER OF ASSAM CANCER CARE FOUNDATION A BIANNUAL NEWSLETTER OF ASSAM CANCER CARE FOUNDATION

Towards Excellence in
Cancer Care

State Cancer Anupam Sharma

Institute Lead – Special Projects
State Cancer Institute, Guwahati

he State Cancer Institute (SCI), Guwahati, The institute’s inpatient capacity has also
has undergone a significant transformation expanded with a 49-bedded General Ward and 10
Tsince Assam Cancer Care Foundation twin-sharing rooms, improving access to quality
(ACCF) assumed operational responsibility cancer care for patients across the region.
in September 2024. In 18 months, strategic
interventions, infrastructure upgrades and
expanded services have strengthened SCI into a
self-reliant, comprehensive cancer care centre
and an emerging centre of oncology excellence in
Northeast India. SCI Transformation at a Glance
With the goal of bringing world-class cancer care Ê Expanded care capacity:
closer to home, ACCF has strengthened patient Day Care Chemotherapy, Inpatient
care across diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and Chemotherapy, Haemato-Oncology
supportive services, while laying the foundation for Day Care, General Ward and twin-sharing
advanced oncology services aligned with national rooms.
standards. Ê Comprehensive services:
Medical, Surgical, Head & Neck and
Expanding patient care infrastructure Haemato-Oncology, Plastic Surgery,
Enhancing patient care facilities and inpatient Dental, Pain & Palliative Care, Physiotherapy
capacity was one of the first priorities after the and Radiation Oncology.
transition. A 26-bedded Day Care Chemotherapy Ê Advanced infrastructure:
Ward was operationalised for short-duration Modular OTs, robotic surgery, diagnostics,
chemotherapy, followed by a 16-bedded Inpatient ICU, Blood Bank and patient-support
Chemotherapy Unit and a 9-bedded Haemato- amenities.
Oncology Day Care Ward.

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