Tata trust cancer hospital

Overview India is one of the fastest growing economies in the world, and it has taken significant strides in improving the health of its citizens over the past few decades. For instance, average life expectancy has risen from 62 years in 2000 to 68.5 years in 2016. The number of under-5 deaths is coming down steadily — from 91 per thousand in 2000 to 39 in 2017. Despite this significant improvement in life expectancy and child mortality rates, vast swathes of the country’s population are still vulnerable and deprived of access to good healthcare. Socioeconomic status, geography and gender are contributory factors to this bleak scenario. The Tata Trusts have been engaged for decades in the field of public health. They develop and support multi-pronged initiatives to address issues that cover both communicable and non-communicable diseases and range widely from malaria and tuberculosis to cancer, maternal and child health and mental health. The goal is to strengthen healthcare delivery capability through a multipronged approach that includes direct implementation, institution building, partnerships, and adoption of technology and innovation. The challenge One of the biggest challenges to improving health is access to primary health care. In 2011, the World Bank reported an availability of 0.7 beds per 1,000 people for India. Further, according to the Indian Government’s health and family welfare statistics, a major part of available healthcare is concentrated in urban areas,...

RANCHI: The A Tata Trust team met additional chief secretary of health, medical education and family welfare department Sudhir Tripathi, who was later appointed as nodal officer for this project. “Health department additional chief secretary Sudhir Tripathi has been made the nodal officer on the state government's behalf after a Trust delegation met him on Thursday," an official statement said. Tripathi said: “We will discuss the project with officials of Tata Trust to ensure it is implemented successfully,” Sanjay Kumar, principal secretary to Das, said the chief minister has promised to transform Ranchi into an ultra-modern medical hub of eastern India. He added that the cancer research centre and the hub will be a significant step in this direction. Tata Group patriarch In the letter, Das said Jharkhand has a huge populace of tribal community, a majority of which are below the poverty line. The CM also stressed on the need for better health care services in the state. Das, in the letter, also said the Tata Group has undertaken many social projects in the past and called upon the company to increase its contribution in the health care sector. “On March 10, Tata Trust sent a letter expressing their desire to undertake the project. On Thursday, a team from the trust reached Ranchi to take the matter to its logical end,” a government official said.

YSR Congress party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy is going to inaugurate Sri Venkateshwara Institute of Cancer Care and Advanced Research, the second largest cancer centre in the state, at Tirupati on Thursday. The hospital was constructed by Tata Trust headed by Ratan Tata at a cost of Rs 600 crore. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which manages the country’s richest temple of Lord Venkateshwara in Tirumala, allocated 25 acres of land on the Zoo Park Road in Tirupati. So, it is a purely private hospital with the support of the TTD. But since Jagan Mohan Reddy is in power, he would naturally claim credit for the completion of the hospital and during the inauguration, it is Jagan who get the prominent coverage. This has created a heartburn among the Telugu Desam Party leaders. They have lost no time in taking to social media to troll the Jagan government stating that he was garnering credit for the project which was conceived by TDP president N Chandrababu Naidu when he was the chief minister. “The Tata Cancer Research Institute was established in Tirupati, thanks to the initiative taken by Chandrababu Naidu. He brought Ratan Tata to Tirupati to take up the project. The foundation stone was laid on August 31, 2018 and it was supposed to be completed within a year,” the TDP said. “The way Jagan is cutting the ribbon for the Tata Cancer Institute and claiming credit for the project, which was the result of Naidu’s hard work is “Never befo...

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan tweeted, “Together with Dr Jitendra Singhji, Aparajita Sarangi and senior officials of MSDE (Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) Skill India and Department of Atomic Energy held a meeting for the establishment of a state-of-the arte cancer hospital at NISER, Bhubaneswar Campus.”. “In line with the Prime Minister’s vision the cancer care hospital and skill development centre at NISER will strengthen treatment facilities, scale up the competencies of health professionals and initiate high-quality research to meet emerging requirements in the field of oncology,” said officials. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE • Narendra Modi speaks to Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel after 'Biparjoy' landfall • Biparjoy: Western Railway cancels 23 more trains in view of cyclone; 99 cancelled so far • Competition Act applies to public sector undertaking like Coal India, rules SC • Charge sheet against Brij Bhushan elaborates statements of 6 wrestlers with supporting evidence: Police • Cyclone Biparjoy: Trees and electricity poles uprooted along Gujarat coast, at least 3 hurt