The Director of Health Services has informed the Kerala State Human Rights Commission that ₹1 crore has been allocated for the development of a proposed cancer centre at Thengilakkadavu near Mavoor in Kozhikode district.
It was mentioned in a report submitted to commission judicial member K. Baijunath, a release said on Monday. The report said the estimate prepared by the Public Works Department had been approved. It followed a complaint filed by A.C. Francis, a native of Karaparamba in Kozhikode city.
A building and seven acres of land at Thengilakadavu were donated to the government around 15 years ago by a doctor to develop a full-fledged facility to treat cancer. However, no additional infrastructure was added to it all these years. Overgrown weeds greeted visitors at the place.
