| Dr. B.N. Rao, Director and Principal Investigator | | Dr. V. Anjaneyulu, Prof of Pathology and Co-Principal Investigator | | Dr. Ch. V. Ramana Murthy, Former Principal Investigator |
| | MNJ Institute of Oncology was established in 1955 and inaugurated by late Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the Honorable first Prime Minister of India. It is the sole referral hospital of this region of the country offering free comprehensive cancer care to the poor patients. It is also serving a number of cancer patients coming from surrounding districts of the states of Maharastra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Orissa. The MNJ Institute of Oncology has been given the status of Regional Cancer Center in the year 1996 by the Govt. of India and subsequently made as an autonomous Institute of Govt. of Andhra Pradesh (A.P.). Presently the Institute is a 250 bedded teaching hospital attached to the N.T. Rama Rao University of Health Sciences, A. P. The workload of the Institute is about 7500 to 8000 new cancer cases and about 25000-30000 follow-up cases per year. This Institute is having a highly qualified and experienced team of specialists who are working in various departments with a motto of "Compassion with Care". It is the only Institute in A.P, which imparts training to the postgraduate students in Radiation Oncology and awards M.D degrees. It is also recognized as a Center of Excellence for imparting training to DNB candidates in Radiation Oncology. It is also planned to start M.Ch Surgical Oncology, D.M Medical Oncology, M.D Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy technician courses very shortly. This year several new departments- Dept. of Pain and Palliative care, Dept. of Preventive Oncology and Community based cancer screening clinic have been started. Presently the Institute is having the following units with all required infrastructure in order to discharge their services to cancer patients: Radiotherapy, Surgical Oncology, Medical Oncology, Plastic & Reconstruction Surgery, Dental Surgery, Diagnostic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Bio-chemistry and Anaesthesia.
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