Government of France
Recognizing the fact that our proposal of a national centre for head & neck cancers would be "the 1st of its kind anywhere in the world", the Government of France agreed to include our project under the 7th Indo-French Joint Commission on Scientific and Technical Cooperation that it signed with the Indian government. Under this agreement, the French have given equipmental support, funded visits of eminent French cancer specialists to Indore and sent our personnel for training to cancer centres in France.
Government of Australia
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Under AUSAID, the Commonwealth of Australia gave 3 grants to:
- Conduct rural cancer detection camps.
- Buy a well-equipped Mobile Pain Relief Van.
- Prepare a district based Palliative Care model.
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Ms. Jane Lake, the then First Secretary (Development), Australian High Commission, at the formal handing over ceremony of the mobile van. |
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Government of Japan
It was thanks to the grant from the Government of Japan that we were able to construct the building of Oral Cancer Prevention Centre. We have now been able to start a dental OPD thanks to the donation of a dental chair by the family of Late Shri Vijay Ramawat. A dental OPD not only offers support to patients undergoing radiotherapy but also plays a significant role in the prevention of oral cancers by giving advice on mouth care.
Government of India
The department of Information Technology, Government of India, is committed to giving us the Siddharth Linear Accelerator by December 2010. Siddharth has been developed by SAMEER, department of Information Technology, Government of India.
A grant-in-aid of Rupees One crore twenty five lakh only (Rs. 1 25 00 000/-) was given by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India for the purchase of a Bhabhatron II radiotherapy cobalt unit. The Bhabhatron was designed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and is indigenously manufactured, a first for India that has resulted in huge cost savings on the purchase of cobalt units that earlier had to be imported. The Bhabhatron started treating patients at our Institute in August 2008.
The Ministry of Health, Government of India, gave a grant for education and early detection of cancer activities, under its National Cancer Control Programme.
State government of Madhya Pradesh
The government of the state of Madhya Pradesh gave 10 acres of land approximately 14 kilometres from Indore city, where we have set up the Indian Institute of Head & Neck Oncology. Since the year 2000, we have been able to organize surgical camps at district level with the help of the respective district administrations.
In March 2006, the state government of Madhya Pradesh recognized the Foundation under its Rajya Bimari Sahayata Nidhi (RBSN). This recognition entitles the Foundation to reimbursement from the state government when it treats state government employees, their families and patients Below the Poverty Line (BPL).
State Bank of India
The State Bank of India gave us a donation of Rupees Twenty two lakh sixty two thousand (Rs. 22 62 000/-) for the purchase of a new source for the Eldorado cobalt therapy machine. This is the second donation given by them, the earlier source was also bought with their financial support.
The State Bank of Indore (now merged with the State Bank of India) gifted a sonography machine for use at our cancer detection centre. The machine has now been shifted to our Institute where it is being used to help plan radiotherapy treatment of the patients.
World Health Organisation
The World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) has given us 4 grants. The first was for ‘a community oral cancer control and prevention project' in Ratlam district. The findings were presented at the 16 th International Cancer Congress (UICC) in 1994. The second was to study ‘the incidence of cancer pain in the rural community of central India' . In 1996, the findings of this survey were presented on a poster at the World Congress of Psychiatry in Madrid, Spain. The third was for the conduct of a palliative care sensitization programme for government doctors from the states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh in August 2002. The fourth was for a similar sensitization effort for doctors from Chattisgarh, Orissa, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. The funding for the last 2 has come through the Ministry of Health, Government of India under the WHO Biennium Fund.
Oxford International Centre for Palliative Care
The Oxford International Centre for Palliative Care, the WHO collaborating centre for palliative care, entered into an MOU with the Foundation for the establishment of our palliative care services.
Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation, Ottawa-Hull
Thanks to the efforts of Late Mr. Sunil Dutt and Mrs. Nirmala Gautama, the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation, Ottawa-Hull, donated a second hand Eldorado cobalt therapy machine. This machine treated patients from 15.8.1995 till the first quarter of 2007. A total of 3053 were offered treatment with this machine, of which 1218 patients were treated completely free, while 623 were given partial waiver of charges. This machine had to then be decommissioned because given its age the service company was unable to guarantee spare parts availability.
Subsequently, the Nargis Dutt Memorial Foundation, Ottawa-Hull, also sent us endoscopes with accessories worth Rs. 3 lakh. These endoscopes are being used to offer subsidized endoscopies and are also taken for our rural cancer camps.
Industrial Development Bank of India
A grant from the Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) helped us construct a rehabilitation centre for cancer patients and their families.
Vatsala & Narayan Bhouraskar Trust
The Vatsala and Narayan Bhouraskar Public Charitable Trust has given a lease free bungalow for cancer education and detection activities in Indore.
Mr. Kanti Parasrampuria
Mr. Kanti Parasrampuria donated money for the construction of a part of the cobalt therapy centre in the memory of his son Nikunj Parasrampuria.
Steel Authority of India Limited
In January 2010, the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) agreed to give a grant of up to Rupees Twenty one lakh fifty nine thousand only for the purchase of equipment for our in-patients' wards and a generator. During discussions, the suppliers were requested to give special rates in view of the charitable objectives of the Institute and we were, thus, able to get all the equipment within Rs. 19 lakh thereby saving SAIL some money!
Lions Club of Indore Mahanagar
The Lions Club of Indore Mahanagar constructed a dharamshala at the Institute premises for the benefit of the patients. The dharamshala gives subsidized/free accommodation to patients and their families during the time that the patient is undergoing radiotherapy treatment at the Institute. With this, patients from outside Indore have the option of living on campus during the radiotherapy treatment, thus avoiding a daily commute of 26 km.
The dharamshala was dedicated to the public on 25.6.2000. This project has been an example of the dedication of the Lions Club team in that it was completed in record time – construction was completed within a year of the decision to undertake the project was taken.
So far more than 566 patients and their families availed of our dharamshala facilities while they were undergoing the 6 weeks of radiotherapy at our Institute, some of these were offered this facility free of charge while there was partial waiver of charges for some others.
Bhaskar Exxoils Ltd.
Bhaskar Exxoils Ltd. has donated Rupees Eight lakh seventy five thousand (Rs. 8 75 000/-) towards the purchase of equipment at our Institute of Head & Neck Oncology.
Maharani Sau. Indira Bai Holkar Trust
The Maharani Sau. Indirabai Holkar Public Trust gifted a small Maruti Omni Ambulance that was then upgraded to the larger Tempo Trax.
Family of Late Mr. Shankarrao Mungre
The children of Late Mr. Shankarrao Mungre have set up a fixed deposit in the name of the Foundation. The accrued interest is used for our palliative care activities. Mr. Mungre died of cancer at a time when there was no palliative care for the terminally ill. Having helplessly seen their father suffer and coming to know of the Foundation’s work in this field, the family offered to help us.
Family of Late Mrs. Indumati Kulkarni
The children of Late Mrs. Indumati Kulkarni (nee Nadkar) donated money for the annual maintenance of the cobalt machine. Late Mrs. Indumati Kulkarni was born and brought up in Dhar, which is 60 km. from Indore.
Rotary Club Indore North (RI District 3040) and Rotary Club Seoul Poukak (Korea, RI District 3650).
The Rotary Club of Indore North (RI-Dist-3040) & Rotary Club of Seoul Poukak (Korea) (RI-Dist-3650) donated an ambulance cum patient carrier under the Matching Grant Program of the Rotary Foundation Year – 2006.
Rotary Club Members with the Trustees and Volunteers of the Foundation after the vehicle handing over ceremony.
Merind Limited
Merind Limited gifted medicines for free distribution.
Seattle Laryngectomy Club
The Seattle Laryngectomy Club, USA, has so far donated 11 electro-larynxes and some other gadgets for voice rehabilitation.
Over the years, we have also received donations for specific purposes and on specific occasions. It could be a donation for the radiotherapy treatment of one poor patient or for the purchase of furniture required at the Institute. Each and every one of these donations played an important role in furthering the objectives of our Foundation. We find that increasing number of families is opting to donate something for a cause, in memory of their loved one, rather than spend that money on a memorial service/programme.
