Cancer Institute, Chennai

The Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, a non-profit organization, was established more than 50 years ago by the Womens' Indian Association Cancer Relief Fund as a "mission" to provide scientific treatment and promote health education amongst all sections of people. The ethos of the Cancer Institute (WIA) is "service to all" irrespective of social or economic class. It was established in the faith that selfless service would generate its own strength and funds would always be found.