India's first public-sector proton therapy centre to come up in Guwahati

Assam has signed a contract with Belgium-based Ion Beam Applications to set up a proton beam therapy facility at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, set to be India's first in the public health sector. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Rs 600-crore machine should be installed within three years, noting the treatment has so far cost up to Rs 50 lakh privately.