Conceptualised in the year 2004 as a philanthropic initiative for the Eastern and North-Eastern parts of India and the neighbouring countries, the Tata Medical Center (TMC) started operations in Kolkata on May 16, 2011. The hospital is governed by a charitable trust – Tata Medical Center Trust, established in the year 2005.Phase 2 of the hospital was made functional from 14th February 2019.The hospital was designed by Cannon Design, a renowned architectural firm from North America. It is located on 13 acres of land at New Town in Kolkata, West Bengal.The hospital is an integrated Oncology facility with well-trained professional staff and equipped with modern facilities and contemporary medical equipment. The Hospital, with a capacity of 431 beds, serves all sections of the society, with 75% of the infrastructure earmarked for subsidized treatment for the underprivileged sections. It provides a wide spectrum of services from complete diagnosis to multimodality therapy , from prehabilitation to rehabilitation and Psycho oncological support to palliative care. The Institution's objective is to excel in cancer care , patient service, education and research.The main hospital campus is one of the three institutions established for management of cancer, the other two being Premashraya (an accommodation facility for outstation patients & their relatives) and the Tata Translational Cancer Research Center (TTCRC). While TTCRC is located within the main campus of the hospital, Premashraya is located within 1 km distance.Diagnosis and treatment are characterised by a multi-disciplinary approach with disease management teams, wherein experts from different streams, viz., Surgical Oncology, Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology, Pathology, Radiology, and other clinical and support groups participate in decision-making for treatment protocols, using evidence-based medicine strategies and documented clinical guidelines appropriate to our location.