The current activities of the Tata Memorial Hospital and the level of eminence reached in its various spheres of expertise are worth recording. Nearly 25,000 patients visit the clinics annually not only from all over India but also from neighbouring countries. Over 1000 patients attend the OPD daily for medical advice, comprehensive care or for follow-up treatment. The Hospital has expanded from a 80 bed Hospital covering an area of 15,363 sq. Our Annual Budget was Rs.5 lacs in 1941 - today it runs close to Rs.28 crores.
Surgery remains the vital form of treatment along with radiation therapy and chemotherapy.
Much progress has been made resulting in tremendous improvements in the overall survival of disease in many sites. The strategies for early diagnosis, treatment management, rehabilitation, pain relief and terminal care have been established in a comprehensive and multidisiplinary approach for a total cancer care programme. Many advances have taken place in every speciality. In surgery, the changing concepts have taken into account the biology of cancer. Radical surgeries have yielded place to more conservative surgery, with the very important objective of quality of life, conserving function and organ without compromising the overall survival outcomes.