The inaugural ceremony of the first phase of NCI, established under the aegis of Dr Aabaji Thatte Seva Aur Anusandhan Trust at Nagpur furnished on August 13, 2017.
During the ceremony Hon’ble State chief minister Shri. Devendra Fadnavis said that efforts are on to make cancer treatment at NCI the cheapest one in the entire country. Union minister for road transport and highway Hon. Shri. Nitin Gadkari, renowned industrialist Hon. Shri. Ratan Tata, union power minister Hon. Shri. Piyush Goyal, union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Hon. Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) director (academics) Dr Shri. Kailash Sharma, Sun Pharmaceutical MD Shri. Dilip Shanghvi, YES Bank MD Shri. Rana Kapoor, Hinduja Hospital oncology head Dr Asha Kapadia were also present on the dais.
Six government departments and corporate companies including ONGC and Coal India Ltd have come forward and supported to make National Cancer Institute (NCI) functional.
After taking the hospital tour with other dignitaries praised the facility Shri. Ratan Tata said, “NCI is an unbelievable jewel in Nagpur’s crown. Now that all the world-class machines, equipment and trained doctors are arranged here, the main challenge now will be to make all this accessible to poor”.
All the guests praised the management for developing such a project for cancer patients in central India.
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