Profile of Cancer Institute
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Title
Profile of Cancer Institute
Subject
V. Shanta, Cancer Institute, Women's Indian Association, Cancer Relief Fund, India
Description
The Cancer Institute (WIA) was established in 1954 by the Women's Indian Association, Cancer Relief Fund under the leadership of the late Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy, India's first women medical graduate and a pioneer social reformer.
The Institute was established by public donations as a voluntary charitable non-profit cancer center.
The Institute is spread over 9 acres in Chennai, South India. The hospital houses 423 beds of which 297 are free. Over 125,000 patients are seen annually. They are drawn from all over India, parts of South and South East Asia. Over 66% of them are indigent and are treated free of charge. The hospital has state-of-the-art facilities for diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of cancer as well as rehabilitation.
Living its mission of providing the state-of-the-art treatment to people with all types of cancers, the Institute is equipped with world class medical facilities. It houses a hospital, College of Oncological Sciences, an exclusive division for Preventive Oncology and a research center.
The Institute was established by public donations as a voluntary charitable non-profit cancer center.
The Institute is spread over 9 acres in Chennai, South India. The hospital houses 423 beds of which 297 are free. Over 125,000 patients are seen annually. They are drawn from all over India, parts of South and South East Asia. Over 66% of them are indigent and are treated free of charge. The hospital has state-of-the-art facilities for diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of cancer as well as rehabilitation.
Living its mission of providing the state-of-the-art treatment to people with all types of cancers, the Institute is equipped with world class medical facilities. It houses a hospital, College of Oncological Sciences, an exclusive division for Preventive Oncology and a research center.
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english
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"Profile of Cancer Institute ," in Magsaysay Awardees Digital Collection, Item #1076, http://www.rmaf.org.ph/madc/items/show/1076 (accessed May 23, 2012).
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