Fortis Healthcare has made announcement about the establishment of a separate block for the treating of cancer patients at its Noida Hospital.

The hospital said that it will make an investment of Rs 30 crore to set up this block.

Mr. Shivinder Mohan Singh, Fortis Healthcare Managing Director, said, “Fortis Noida is constructing a separate block for Oncology covering an area of 30,000 sq ft. This block is expected to be operational in third quarter of fiscal 2010.”

Mr. Singh also said that after setting up this separate block, the hospital would get the status of complete care centre for treatment of cancer.

Moreover, Fortis Hospital also inaugurated its ‘Fortis International Oncology Centre’ in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

It is the most innovative and complete centre for Cancer in Uttar Pradesh.

With the intention to bring quality oncology services to the people of NCR and UP, the hospital has also entered into an exclusive deal with International Oncology Services Private Limited (IOSPL).

International Oncology Services is a cancer care and research services company run by well-known American Board Certified Doctors.

IOSPL, in turn, has a strategic partnership with Albert Einstein Cancer Centre, New York, for research and treatment, technology transfer, current training of doctors and employees from India, clinical examinations and physicist services, radiation planing services.