| Dr. B. S. Ajai Kumar, Chairman and Principal Investigator | Dr. Anil Thomas, Head, Division of Surgical Oncology and Joint Medical
Superintendent and Co-Principal Investigator | Dr. M. S. Vishveshwara, Head, Division of Radiation Oncology and Joint
Medical Superintendent and Co-Principal Investigator |
| | Bharath Hospital and Institute of Oncology is a comprehensive cancer centre, established in 1990 at Hebbal, Mysore. It is one of four cancer centres started by Dr. B. S. Ajai Kumar, an NRI oncologist with over 27 years of experience in oncology in USA. The hospital aims at providing the highest quality of cancer care to people of Mysore and surrounding districts, at a cost all most at par with the government sector. The hospital has given concessions worth more than Rs. 37 lakhs over the past 5 years to patients of the lowest strata, who cannot afford even this cost. Bharath Hospital provides the highest quality of care to its patients. The well developed department of surgical oncology conducts about 250 major surgeries every year including the latest function preserving surgeries for cancers of rectum, larynx and urinary bladder. Its radiation oncology department is well equipped with teletherapy, interstitial and intra-luminal therapy, computerized Treatment Planning System and simulator facilities. Bharath Hospital has been active in cancer prevention. The hospital in association with Karnataka Health Systems Development Projects (KHSDP) conducted the WHO project "ACCESS TO WOMEN'S HEALTH" where in 11,474 pap smears were taken from women of 4 taluks in Mysore & Chamarajnagar Districts. In recognition of our service to cancer patients over the past 13 years, the state government has honoured the institution with the RAJYOSTSAVA AWARD for the year 2003. Bharath Hospital provides the following free services : - Camps - 28,655 patients screened in 260 camps - Clinics - 906 clinics in surrounding districts on fixed days every month.
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