Vasantha Memorial Trust

The Cancer Centre of Vasantha Memorial Trust, located in Chennai and Mumbai, offers clinic and chemotherapy services. Both centres focus on providing quality daycare for cancer patients, particularly those with blood and breast cancers. With a convenient central location in Chennai, the centre operates on a model that enables patients to receive free or highly subsidized cancer therapy through a daycare facility. Spread over two floors, the centre provides access to concessional and high-quality chemotherapy treatments.

Raising cancer awareness is a crucial objective of Vasantha Memorial Trust. By educating people about the basics of cancer, it aims to promote early detection and prevention. Despite the challenge of convincing individuals and groups to prioritize cancer awareness, the Trust's perseverance has successfully broken through barriers. Its tailor-made awareness programmes have gained significant appeal among different groups, such as the Pudhuvasantham campaign teaching breast cancer to nearly 200,000 women. Another successful initiative is the Cancer Free Tomorrow campaign in schools, which has reached thousands of schoolchildren. Although the pandemic posed restrictions on its campaigns for two years, the Trust has resumed its awareness efforts and continues to spread knowledge for better health.

The treatment activities of Vasantha Memorial Trust prioritize providing immediate assistance to patients in need. In Chennai, Mumbai, and Coimbatore, it has supported 3,788 individuals in their fight against cancer. Its hospital in Chennai has treated over 13,000 patients, with 2,171 receiving free or highly subsidized chemotherapy. In Mumbai, patients are supported at various hospitals, including Tata Memorial, KEM Hospital, and Sion Hospital. The level of support depends on the curability of the cancer, with a focus on blood and breast cancers for chemotherapy. Since 2001, the trust has received significant contributions from individuals and corporates, leading to a substantial increase in the number of patients supported and cancer survivors. Surgery and radiotherapy are not presently sponsored by the trust.