MOU with Assam Foundation Inc.
to Raise Funds in the United States
A recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Assam Foundation Inc. (ASAF, http://www.assamfoundation.org/ ) has provided CCHRC a much-needed footing in the United States. The MOU facilitates U.S. based philanthropic fund raising for cancer care in northeast India. Under the auspices of ASAF, a federal income tax exempt organization according to Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, contributions to CCHRC by individuals, corporations and other entities are tax-deductible.
ASAF is currently in the process of updating their webpage with information on CCHRC
ASA Foundation Inc. - Cachar Cancer Hospital,
PO Box 175,
Englishtown, NJ 07726 USA,
(US Tax ID: 02-0731059)
Cachar
Cancer Hospital & Research Centre (CCHRC) is a 50-bedded centre located
at Meherpur in Silchar town. It serves the population of the Barak river
valley that includes the districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi,
the adjacent district of North Cachar Hills and the neighboring states of
Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. The hospital sees about 3000 new patients
annually. A large percentage of the patients that come to the hospital
seeking care are from the lower economic strata owing to their nominal
incomes. Most of them are daily agricultural labourer and tea garden
workers. The hospital consistently makes efforts to serve all its
patients, irrespective of their economic status, with high quality care.
It provides the care at extremely low costs or for free to these patients.
The hospital offers facilities for chemotherapy, radiation therapy and
surgery. It has facilities for endoscopies, ultrasound and Computerized
Tomography(C.T.Scan)T. It has a telecobalt unit, a surgical suite & a
chemotherapy ward for day care and in patients. A multidisciplinary &
multi specialty tumour board functions every day. Prevention &
palliation are high priority activities at the hospital.
The hospital was established in 1996 by the vision of a group of social
workers drawn from different professions who formed the Cachar Cancer
Hospital Society (CCHS). The society now has nearly 75 members.
Our Objectives:
To develop the Cachar Cancer Hospital into a comprehensive cancer centre
and state of the art tertiary level referral offering treatment to all
irrespective of the patient's socioeconomic status;
To develop educational programs for medical and paramedical personnel in
the various subspecialties of oncology;
To contribute to basic and clinical research and to get involved in
multi-centre trials.
Accomplishment of these objectives, with the larger objective of
full-fledged cancer care in the Northeastern region would need human
resources, development of departments and equipment.
