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Padmashree Dr. Saroj Gupta

Founder

Founder of Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute

Padmashree Dr. Saroj Gupta is the founder of Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute[1], an Indian non-profit working on palliative & cancer care and healthcare from Kolkata.

Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute

Founded in 1973 by radiotherapist Dr. Saroj Gupta at Thakurpukur, this WHO-recognised charitable cancer hospital grew from a sojourn for village patients into a 311-bed comprehensive centre on a 16-acre campus, collaborating with Mayo Clinic and hosting eastern India's major oncology symposia while treating thousands of poor patients free or at subsidised rates.

Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute reports the following, on its own site:

  • 16-acre campus at Thakurpukur