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Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
FounderFounder of Cancer Institute (WIA)
Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy is the founder of Cancer Institute (WIA) (1954)[1], an Indian non-profit working on palliative & cancer care and healthcare from Chennai.
Cancer Institute (WIA)
Also known as Adyar Cancer Institute, Cancer Institute (WIA) is a not-for-profit cancer hospital founded by Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy that treats around 15,000 new patients a year, runs a free hospice, and conducts cancer-prevention screening outreach across several Tamil Nadu districts.
Cancer Institute (WIA) reports the following, on its own site:
- 545 in-patient bed hospital, only 35% of which are paying beds
- About 15,000 new patients and 150,000 follow-up patients managed annually
- Organisations
- 1
- Based in
- Chennai
- Founded
- 1954
- Press
- 1
References
- [1] “Cancer Institute (WIA) was founded by Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy” — Cancer Institute (WIA). Source
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