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In keeping with this principle, a distributed hierarchy of facilities is underway in 17 cancer hospitals (one L1, five L2s and eleven L3s) across
the State, H to spread the support. Accordingly, a distributed hierarchy of facilities has been and is being created, with 17 cancer hospitals,
comprising one L1, five L2s and eleven L3s spread across the State.

In April 2022, the Prime Minister inaugurated 7 cancer hospitals in Assam. The hospitals in Dibrugarh and Barpeta are Level 2 facilities and
Jorhat, Tezpur, Lakhimpur, Darrang, and Kokrajhar are Level 3 centres.

An apex centre of 350 beds is being set up in Guwahati. This state-of-the-art facility will provide advanced medical services and will also
serve as a hub for teaching, training, and research. Two L2 centres are underway in Silchar and Diphu.

To further improve access to quality cancer care facilities, the Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone for 7 cancer care hospitals at
Dhubri, Nalbari, Goalpara, Nagaon, Sivasagar, Tinsukia and Golaghat.
STRATEGISING AGAINST CANCER

Taking cognisance of the gravity of the cancer situation, the
Assam Government and Tata Trusts joined forces, sealing
their MoU on February 3, 2018. To execute this project, a
special-purpose vehicle called the Assam Cancer Care
Foundation (ACCF) was created. It is a special group formed as a
Section 8 company (not-for-profit) under the Companies Act
2013. This group has both the Government of Assam and Tata
Trusts with equal roles on the board, working together to make
change happen.

As part of the Distributed Cancer Care Model (DCCM), a
specialised strategy to make cancer care more accessible and
personalised for patients was devised, aiming to o er consistent
and a ordable treatment. Instead of centralising all the services
in one hospital, the model focuses on decentralising the support.

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