Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology
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Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology is a cancer care hospital in Bangalore
, India
. It is a Regional Cancer Centre
funded by the Government of India
. Named after Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, the then Governor of Bombay, it was founded on 26 June 1973. It was granted RCC
status on 1 November 1980. It is a research agency recognised by the Indian Council of Medical Research
.
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It is a Regional Cancer Centre
Regional Cancer Centre
The Regional Cancer Centre at Thiruvananthapuram is a state-owned cancer care hospital and research centre, one among 26 such centres in India operating under the 'National Cancer Control Programme' of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare .It was founded in 1981. RCC is located in the...
funded by the Government of India
Government of India
The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. Named after Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, the then Governor of Bombay, it was founded on 26 June 1973. It was granted RCC
Regional Cancer Centre
The Regional Cancer Centre at Thiruvananthapuram is a state-owned cancer care hospital and research centre, one among 26 such centres in India operating under the 'National Cancer Control Programme' of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare .It was founded in 1981. RCC is located in the...
status on 1 November 1980. It is a research agency recognised by the Indian Council of Medical Research
Indian council of medical research
The Indian Council of Medical Research , New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world.-History:...
.