Thanks to Tata Medical Center, Kolkata, cancer patients in east and northeast India no longer have to travel south for treatment
SINCE ITS INCEPTION almost 75 years ago, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, has been a mecca of sorts for most cancer patients across India. But, as Dr V.R. Ramanan, deputy director, medical, Tata Medical Center, pointed out, 60 per cent of our country’s medical facilities are located in the south. “Kerala, with a population of three crore, has 19 cancer hospitals, whereas Bengal, with a population of nine crore, had only one and a half cancer hospital,” he said. While the east and the northeast see many cancer cases, there are not enough centres to treat them.
Aware of this disparity, Tata Sons chairman emeritus Ratan Tata donated 14 acres towards a world-class cancer hospital in Kolkata. Designed by architects at CannonDesign, the Tata Medical Center, costing 340 crore, was inaugurated on May 16, 2011. With a built-up area of 3.30 lakh sqft, it could then accommodate 167 beds (now 183). By the end of this year, the centre will get another building, with a built-up area of 2.50 lakh sqft, taking the number of beds to 254.
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William Dalrymple goes further back
Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.
The bleat from the street
What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.
Courage and conviction
Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case
EPIC ENTERPRISE
Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus
Upgrade your jeans
If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.
Garden by the sea
When Kozhikode beach became a fertile ground for ideas with Manorama Hortus
RECRUITERS SPEAK
Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates
MORAL COMPASS
The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
COURSE CORRECTION
India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI
