Tata Memorial Centre

  • An autonomous body, under the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, was founded in 1941.
  • It is one of the largest cancer centres in the world, providing exceptional clinical service, imparting high quality training and conducting innovative need based clinical research.
  • The hospital caters to over 1,30,000 new patients each year –amongst them 4500 are children (less than 18 years of age).
  • Patients come from all over the country and a vast majority of them (atleast 70%) are given free or highly subsidized treatment.
  • The Department of Paediatric Oncology endeavours to provide holistic support to all children with cancer, during their difficult journey of cancer treatment.
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