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Firstly, it is important to know which country you belong and your wife. If you are a resident of East Indian, and I quote "FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE" from the Tata Memorial Hospital (a center specializing in cancer treatment in Mumbai, India) page.
"Only patients general category" NC "are eligible for financial assistance based on assessment by the medical department of social work. These patients can contact the doctor social worker who will forward calls to various philanthropic trusts to apply for financial assistance on behalf of the patient
Individual accounts for patients receiving financial assistance from philanthropic institutions will be maintained and the costs incurred by the patient will be debited from the account.
Medical Social Welfare Department is also responsible for free / subsidized housing Borges Memorial Home and other institutions to earn the patients. "
Their details are:
Tata Memorial Hospital,
Dr. E Borges Road,
Parel,
Mumbai - 400 012, India.
Tel. +91-22- 24177000, 24146750-55
Fax: +91-22-24146937
E-mail: info@tmcmail.org and tmcit1@vsnl.com
Posted on March 9, 2010.
