By IANS,
Kolkata: Tata Sons chairman Ratan Tata Monday inaugurated Tata Medical Centre, a state-of-the-art facility for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of cancer patients at Rajarhat on the outskirts of Kolkata.
According to a company release here, the centre was modelled on the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Mumbai.
Set up at a cost of Rs.350 crore, the Kolkata centre is a not for profit initiative that is aimed specifically at helping cancer patients from the east and northeast of India and also from Bangladesh.
About 50 percent of the beds at the center are earmarked for the free treatment of those who cannot afford treatment. The remaining 50 percent of patients will be in the subsidised or paying categories, and the money that accrues will be utilised to support the institution. The rest of the centre’s expenses will be covered by charitable donations.
The first phase of the project has space for 170 patients, with a provision for extending capacity to a further 150 patients.
The Rs.350 crore funding for the project and an additional Rs.40 crore corpus had been provided by the Tata trusts, various Tata companies and Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata group, the release added.