Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital
Motto Cancer is Curable
Formation 1990
Type Non-Government Voluntary Organization
Purpose Cancer Care and Treatment, Cancer Research
Headquarters Delhi and NCR, India
Location
  • North India, India
President
 Dr. Suversha Khanna
Parent organization
 Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital
Website www.dhrc.in

Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital is the first and only cancer hospital of India that has been accredited by NABH. It is also accredited by NABH for its allied specialties and labs.[1] Dr. S. Khanna is the founder of this hospital. She got it built on 19 April 1990 after her father died of cancer. Based in New Delhi, the hospital has a medical oncology centre, radiation oncology centre, and a surgical oncology centre to diagnose and treat cancers. The first phase of the hospital was commissioned on 1 July 1994 with 100 beds. The hospital has now expanded to 350 beds and is the largest cancer hospital of north India.

History

Dharamshila Cancer Foundation and Research Centre was registered as an NGO to start North India's first state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer care and research centre. The first phase of Dharamshila Hospital and Research Centre (DHRC) with 100 beds was commissioned in July 1994. In October, 2007, 250 more beds along with better cancer facilities were commissioned, making DHRC the largest cancer hospital of North India.[2] [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Cancer Related Institutes". Indian Association for Cancer Research. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
  2. ↑ "Dharamshila Hospital & Research Centre". Indian Express. Retrieved 2017-08-19.
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