Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, formerly known as "Cancer Centre Welfare Home & Research Institute" is a hospital that is spread over an area of 16 acres of land. It is a fully comprehensive, dedicated cancer hospital with 311 beds and over 850 staff members. This is a

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. The SGCC&RI is located in

Thakurpukur Thakurpukur is a region of South West Kolkata in Behala area of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is majorly a residential region. It has been rapidly developed in the last 20 years and what was a jungle before is now an urban agglomeration in ...

, on the outskirts of the city of

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

. It is one of the oldest Cancer treatment centre of

Specialties

The specialties at the SGCC&RI include Surgical Oncology, Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology, Haemato-Oncology, Radiology, Pain & Palliative Care, Supportive Therapy, Pathology and Microbiology, Molecular Genetic Lab, Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Dialysis Unit.

History

In 1973 with the help of few doctors and social workers, Saroj Gupta started a 25 bedded hospital to serve patients from the underprivileged sector, suffering from

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

. The family of Late Chintaharan Das donated a piece of

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y land at

, where the Saroj Gupta Cancer and Research Institute came up. This newly founded hospital started catering to the people who came from rural areas for their cancer treatment. The hospital raised its first fund from a drama staged by a group called Sikha, which was based on a story written by the founder, Saroj Gupta himself, where he himself enacted the role of a poor

patient who was denied a bed in the city hospital.

Recognition and membership

It is recognized by the

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and has a membership with

Union for International Cancer Control The Union for International Cancer Control (previously named International Union Against Cancer) or UICC is a non-governmental organisation with some 1,180 member organisations in more than 170 countries. UICC was founded in 1933 and is based i ...

(UICC),

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, Switzerland. Statue of Dr

Programmes

Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute had organized a month-long awareness programme on

Nicotine Replacement Therapy Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is a medically approved way to treat people with tobacco use disorder by taking nicotine through means other than tobacco. It is used to help with quitting smoking or stopping chewing tobacco. It increases the ...

(NRT), with the support of Warwick University Development Education WD (City of London), Nara Medical University (Japan), Dental School (London), and ITTE (Mangalore). The NRT programme was organized with the objective to create an awareness on the dangerous habit of chewing and smoking

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Academics & research

The SGCC&RI runs post-graduate degree courses which are recognized by Central Council and it also houses a library with up-to-date national and internationally reviewed journals. LINAC Block of SGCC&RI

References

External links

http://www.cancercentrecalcutta.org
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