A cancer treatment centre of the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) will soon start operating at Kharghar in Raigarh district of Maharashtra. The TMH, located in Parel in central Mumbai, has a capacity of 700 beds, while the upcoming Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC) at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai will have 930 beds.

The Kharghar centre will also have a 300-room accommodation facility for patients' relatives. The TMH research centre at Kharghar was set up 16 years ago, which is now being upgraded to a treatment centre as well to ease burden on the Parel hospital.

The treatment of paediatric cancer will shift to Kharghar. Five new towers are now under-construction at the 60 acre campus in Kharghar which will also include a hadron radiation therapy, among other facilities.

The hadron radiation facility will see an investment of Rs 450 crore. The project is being funded by the Department of Atomic Energy.