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Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute

West Bengal, India · built 1950

Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) is a cancer care hospital and research institute and one of the 27 regional cancer centres in India. It is located in Kolkata near Jatin Das Park metro station at Hazra crossing. It was formally inaugurated by Irène Joliot-Curie on 12 January 1950, as Chittaranjan Cancer Hospital, named after Chittaranjan Das, who donated land and property for the cause. This campus (first campus) also serves as a cancer research centre.

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