Archive · 12 Jun 2025
ICICI Bank and TMC to Build Cancer Care Block in Visakhapatnam
A new building is being built in Visakhapatnam to help people, especially kids, with cancer.
ICICI Bank is giving over ₹550 crore to help build it with the Tata Memorial Centre.
The new building will have 215 beds and lots of new tools for treatment.
It will also provide special care for children and those with blood cancers.
It's expected to be finished in 2027 and will help many patients in the area.
ICICI Bank and TMC are constructing a new cancer care block in Visakhapatnam.
The project is funded by ICICI Bank with over ₹550 crore.
The eight-story building will house 215 beds.
The facility will serve 3,000 patients annually and focus on child and blood cancer care.
Completion of the project is expected by 2027.
- Who
- ICICI Bank and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC).
- What
- Construction of a new cancer care block at Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre.
- When
- Announced on June 12, 2025.
- Where
- Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- To expand cancer treatment access, particularly for pediatric and blood cancers.
- Partners
- ICICI Bank and Tata Memorial Centre (TMC)
- Location
- Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital & Research Centre, Visakhapatnam
- Funding
- Over ₹550 crore from ICICI Bank
- Focus
- Child and Blood Cancer Care
- Beds
- 215
- Patients Served Annually
- 3,000
- Expected Completion
- 2027
