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Remembering Dr V. Shanta and Her Groundbreaking Crusade Against Cancer


Remembering Dr V. Shanta and Her Groundbreaking Crusade Against Cancer
Dr Shanta jumpstarted affordable cancer care in India and was the first to establish a cancer research and treatment centre in the country.
Dr V. Shanta was an oncologist of many firsts. Photo: YouTube video screengrab
It was a different world when Dr V. Shanta joined the newly founded Adyar Cancer Institute as a medical resident in 1954. The institute had two doctors including herself, and about 12 beds.
The Madras – indeed the India she was a part of – had many other things on its mind, including staggering poverty, deadly communicable diseases, regional tensions with neighbours, illiteracy and, of course, a newfound independence. Perhaps it was this optimism fuelling her generation – or perhaps it was the fact that her family had a strong academic pedigree, ranging from C.V. Raman to Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar – that propelled Dr Shanta to pursue a career in a little-known ....

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