Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute

Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
Geography
Location	1st Campus: 37, S.P. Mukherjee Road,near Jatindas Park Metro Station and Hazra Crossing, Kolkata-700026; 2nd (new campus): DJ Block, Action Area I, Street Number 299, New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Coordinates	22°31′32.47″N88°20′47.68″E / 22.5256861°N 88.3465778°E / 22.5256861; 88.3465778
Organisation
Care system	Public
Funding	Government hospital
Type	Specialist
Affiliated university	WBUHS NBE NMC
Services
Standards	NABH recognised Regional Cancer Centre
Beds	660 [1]
Speciality	Medical school Oncology Teaching hospital
History
Opened	January 2, 1950 (1950-01-02)
Links
Website	www.cnci.ac.in
Lists	Hospitals in India
Other links	newtown.cnci.ac.in

Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute(CNCI) is a cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in India. ^{[2] [3] [4]} It is located in Kolkata near Jatin Das Park metro station at Hazra More (crossing). It was formally inaugurated by Prof. Madam J.Curie on 2 January 1950, as Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital, named after Chittaranjan Das, who donated land and property for the cause. ^[2] This campus( first campus) also serves as a cancer research centre. ^[5]

Second campus

In February 2014 Union Government cabinet approved expansion of the state-of-the-art institutes second campus estimated cost of ₹ 530 crore. ^[6] In 2020 COVID-19 pandemic situation Government converted whole newtown campus to a dedicated COVID-19 hospital facility to boost state's corona preparedness. ^[7] On 19 August 2020 the institute started its OPD^{[ clarification needed ]} services from its 460 bedded campus at Rajarhat. ^[8] The campus at Newtown was built under the Union Ministry of Health. The building is equipped with all the latest facilities for cancer treatment including nuclear medicine, endoscopy suite, modern brachytherapy units, ^[5] 650 beds (or 460 beds), ^{[5] [9]} accommodations for relatives of patients, and for doctors. Rs 1,000 crore was spent for this project and it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 January 2022. ^[10] More than ₹530 crore has been spent, out of which around ₹400 crore have been provided by the Union government and the rest by the Government of West Bengal. ^{[9] [5]} Rajarhat campus recently got NABH recognition. ^[11]

Education & training

The institute running NBE accredited DNB specialized courses on Head & Neck Oncology, Pathology, Gynaecological Oncology for many years. From 2022 onwords NMC recognized WBUHS affiliated MD course on Lab Medicine and Radiation Oncology and super-specialty post doctoral degree M.Ch course on Surgical oncology started. From 2022 Institute with Jadavpur university Jointly run Post M.Sc. Diploma Course in Medical Physics. Institute run multiple courses like Diploma in Radiological Technology, Diploma Radio Diagnosis, Post Doctoral Fellowship in Onco-Anaesthesia, Post Basic Diploma in Oncology Nursing under WBUHS affiliation.

Achievements

On Feb 2023 a team of doctors done stereotactic radiosurgery on a septuagenarian to remove a tumour from the patient's brain. This was for the first time that such a high-end procedure has been done by a government hospital from the state. ^[12]

In March 2023 a group of doctors from Department of immunoregulation and immunodiagnostics done research and found that expensive Immunotherapy treatment may not work on a section of patients, Before the administration of the expensive therapy, patients need to be screened. ^[13]

References

1. "Govt Review on the Working of CNCI, Kolata, During the Year 2OI8-19" (PDF). Ministry of Health and Family Welfare . 23 December 2019. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
2. "Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute Official Website". Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
3. WHO India. Archived 26 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
4. Government of India. 'National Cancer Control Programme'. Archived 18 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine
5. Luthra, Swati (6 January 2021). "PM Modi to inaugurate second CNCI campus in Kolkata". Mint . New Delhi . Retrieved 6 January 2021.
6. "Centre approves Kolkata-based cancer institute at Rs.534 crore". India TV February 06, 2014 22:43 IST. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
7. "Bengal to turn two big hospitals into corona facilities". The Asian Age Mar 29, 2020, 9:56 pm IST. 29 March 2020. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
8. "Central Government's Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) starts its OPD services from its new campus at Rajarhat, Kolkata". Press Information Bureau . New Delhi. 20 August 2020. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
9. "PM Modi to virtually inaugurate second CNCI campus in Kolkata tomorrow". ANI . 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
10. "Narendra Modi: শুক্রবার শহরে 'হাজির' মোদী, করবেন ক্যানসার হাসপাতালের দ্বিতীয় ক্যাম্পাসের উদ্বোধন". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). Kolkata. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
11. Yengkhom, Sumati (27 June 2023). "CNCI Rajarhat bags NABH recognition for cancer care". The Times of India Jun 27, 2023, 10:35 am IST. Archived from the original on 8 July 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
12. Yengkhom, Sumati (22 February 2023). "West Bengal hospital conducts rare surgery on cancer patient". The Times of India Feb 25, 2023, 05:55 IST. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
13. Bose, Anamika; Baral, Rathindranath (1 June 2023). "Terminally Exhausted CD8+ T Cells Resistant to PD-1 Blockade Promote Generation and Maintenance of Aggressive Cancer Stem Cells". American Association for Cancer Research . 83 (11): 1815–1833. eISSN   1538-7445. ISSN   0008-5472 – via Cancer Research.