There are about two million cases of cancer in India at any given point of time. Even more alarming is the lack of support and aid required to combat this disease. The burden of long distance travel that comes with seeking specialised treatment and the debilitating costs of stay and medication, impact not just the patient but the entire family.
This sense of urgency has motivated the Tata Group to create the Tata Medical Center in Kolkata.
The Tata Group has always believed in returning wealth to the society it serves. Its founders have, over the past century, bequeathed most of their personal wealth to the many trusts created for the greater good of India and its people. The Tata Group's endeavour to strengthen the fabric of India has manifested itself in the creation of many of India’s premier academic and research institutions such as Tata Memorial Hospital, The Indian Institute of Science, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, to name a few, a line that Tata Medical Center will join soon...