World Cancer Day: India’s Growing Cancer Bill

Host Kiran Somvanshi of The Economic Times paid a visit to the ground zero of cancer care in India - the Tata Memorial Centre - seeking to know how patient care and treatment is changing, what the challenges are, and how the financial burden is impacting cures ahead of World Cancer Day on February 4. The episode brings to stage the behind the scenes of cancer care.  Dr. CS Pramesh, Director, Tata Memorial Centre, Dharmesh Shah, founder of BDR Pharma, a company launching low-cost cancer drugs in India. And Usha Thorat, former deputy governor of RBI and the managing trustee of Indian Cancer Society, one of the oldest NGOs working in cancer care in India.

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