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The Tata Memorial Hospital is situated in Parel, Mumbai in India. It is a specialist cancer
treatment and research centre, closely associated with the Advanced Centre for Treatment,
Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC).
One of the fields of specialization of this hospital is in the treatment of acute lymphoblastic
leukemia (A.L.L). The hospital claims to treat and cure 99% of the A.L.L patients.
This hospital is also one of the few in India to have a P.E.T. scanner. The Director of this
hospital is Dr. Rajendra A Badwe, who took over from for director Dr. Dinshaw ( who
superannuated after 13 years in the institution), while the head of the Bio-Imaging Unit is Dr.
Venkatesh Rangarajan.
The Tata Memorial Centre is the national comprehensive cancer centre for the prevention,
treatment, education and research in Cancer and is recognized as one of the leading cancer
centres in this part of the world.
This achievement has been possible due to the far-sighted and total support of the Department of
Atomic Energy, responsible for managing this Institution since 1962.
The Tata Memorial Hospital was initially commissioned by the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust on 28
February 1941 as a center with enduring value and a mission for concern for the Indian people.
In 1952 the Indian Cancer Research Centre was established as a pioneer research institute for
basic research—later called the Cancer Research Institute (CRI). In 1957 the Ministry of Health
took over the Tata Memorial Hospital. The transfer of the administrative control of the Tata
Memorial Centre (Tata Memorial Hospital & Cancer Research Institute) to the Department of
Atomic Energy in 1962 was the next major milestone. The Tata Memorial Hospital and Cancer
Research Institute merged as the two arms of the Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) in 1966 as a
classic example of private philanthropy augmented by Government support with a mandate for
Service, Education & Research in Cancer.
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• 1 Patient care
• 2 Preventive oncology
• 3 Clinical research
• 4 Education
• 5 Tata Clinic
• 6 ACTREC
• 7 Cancer Research Institute (CRI)
• 8 Clinical Research Centre
• 9 External links
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