Tata to open cancer hospital in Jharkhand s Ranchi

Ranchi March 16 (IANS) The Tata Trust has agreed to open a cancer research centre-cum-hospital in Jharkhand capital Ranchi official sources said on Thursday.

Health Department Additional Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi has been made the nodal officer on state government s behalf after a Trust delegation met him on Thursday an official statement said.

Tata Group Chairman Ratan Tata s consent for the project comes after he and Chief Minister Raghubar Das discussed it during a Global Investors Summit here in February.

After Das wrote to Ratan Tata the Tata Trust sent a consent letter to the government on March 10.

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