No. 158 · Healthcare & Medical Education
Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute
Guwahati, Assam
- Location
- Guwahati, Assam
- Client
- Tata Memorial Centre
- PSU
- Tata Memorial Centre
- Project value
- ₹60 crore
- Beds
- 200
- Sector
- Healthcare & Medical Education
A new 200-bed hospital block for Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati, the Tata Memorial Centre unit that serves the North East.
About the project
Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute in Guwahati is the regional cancer centre for the North East and a unit of the Tata Memorial Centre. ARCH-EN DESIGN designed a 200-bed cancer hospital for it, with an outpatient block, at a cost of about ₹60 crore.
The buildings
The new hospital is a group of terracotta-and-cream blocks around a central court. The OPD block faces the arrival court, with the wards and treatment departments behind it and solar panels on the roofs.
Our role
Architectural and Engineering consultant to the Tata Memorial Centre: design of the hospital and OPD block
Highlights
- 200-bed cancer hospital for the Tata Memorial Centre
- Regional cancer centre for the North East
- Outpatient block on the arrival court
Why it matters
The North East’s regional cancer centre, which became a unit of the Tata Memorial Centre under the Department of Atomic Energy in 2017.
Milestones
- 7 June 2017: Union Cabinet approves the Department of Atomic Energy taking over the institute under Tata Memorial Centre
- 27 November 2017: Institute becomes a central institute and unit of Tata Memorial Centre
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