Mysuru: The Regional Cancer Centre (Peripheral Cancer Centre), which has been built in the PKTB Sanatorium campus on KRS Road in the city, is awaiting inauguration.
The Regional Cancer Centre of Bengaluru’s Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO) was established to meet the medical requirements of cancer patients from old Mysuru region districts such as Mysuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chamarajanagar and Kodagu.
The Centre was constructed on a 5-acre area next to Princess Krishnajammanni Super Speciality Hospital in PKTB Sanatorium campus on KRS Road. The 350-bed Centre has been built at a cost of Rs. 50 crore. But its delayed inauguration has kept the cancer patients of old Mysuru region anxious.
Meanwhile, Health and Family Welfare Department AEE S. Guruprasad told Star of Mysore that all civil works of the Cancer Centre has been completed.
Bengaluru KMIO acting Director Dr. R. Krishnappa said that the works on the installation of machinery and other equipment is going on.
Pointing out that the machinery and radiation equipment are brought from Mumbai’s Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), he said that several nursing staff have been deployed at the Centre and preparations for the start of the Centre is being continuously monitored.
Medical services at the Centre are expected to begin within a month, he said adding that he had visited the Centre a fortnight ago during which he found that beds have been arranged and seating arrangements have been done.
When contacted, Chamaraja MLA K. Harishgowda said that the Regional Cancer Centre will soon be inaugurated.
Stating that efforts are being made for getting one more acre of land and additional Government grants for the Centre, he expressed hope that the Centre would prove to be very useful for cancer patients from several districts around Mysuru, who hitherto had to visit and wait for long at KMIO, Bengaluru for advanced treatment facilities.
This post was published on November 13, 2026 7:30 pm