# Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute

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## TL;DR

A philanthropic 311-bed cancer hospital at Thakurpukur, Kolkata, founded by radiotherapist Saroj Gupta in 1973 to care for poorer patients from rural Bengal.

## Summary

In early 1973 Dr Saroj Gupta, then a young radiotherapist, formed a society with doctors, social workers and philanthropists to build a cancer centre for patients who could not get a hospital bed, with special emphasis on the underprivileged. It began on marshy land at Thakurpukur donated by the family of Chintaharan Das.

The institute describes itself as a philanthropic organisation giving cancer care at affordable cost and carrying out cancer research. It is now a 311-bed dedicated cancer hospital on a 16-acre campus, with diagnostic, radiotherapy, surgical and paediatric cancer services, and it offers a medical visa appointment form for patients from Bangladesh.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: SGCC&RI; Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre & Research Institute, Kolkata; Thakurpukur Cancer Hospital
- City: Kolkata, IN
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://sgccri.org

## Sources

- SGCC&RI: history: https://sgccri.org/about-us/
- National Cancer Grid: member list: https://www.ncgindia.org/hospitals-and-institutions/members

## Connected records

- fronts: [Radiation Therapy](https://onco.cc/fronts/radiation/), [Surgery & Interventional](https://onco.cc/fronts/surgery/)
- institutions: [National Cancer Grid of India](https://onco.cc/institutions/national-cancer-grid/)

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