For Tobacco Cessation Counseling Contact Indian Cancer Society : +91-9513074567

For Tobacco Cessation Counseling Contact
Indian Cancer Soceity : +91-9513074567

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Initial Support for Treatment

The objective of this project is to start cancer treatment immediately after it is diagnosed to reduce chance of cancer spreading.

ICS’ Bridge Fund provides financial assistance for diagnosis and/ or initial, limited-time treatment to needy low-income group patients diagnosed with any kind of curable cancer. The treatment funding is meant to tide over the period until the main financial assistance is sanctioned and will be restricted to the first one month of treatment.

The financial assistance is given to cover costs of any aspect of cancer-directed treatment including surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, medicines, tests conducted through the empanelled hospitals in Karnataka.

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Kala Devarajan

Kala Devarajan is a Chartered Accountant by profession, and has corporate work experience in the Manufacturing and Financial Sectors.

1996 was a landmark year when she joined the Bangalore Hospice Trust, Karunashraya, as a volunteer. Her professional expertise helped her assist with their finance planning, fund raising and administration. She was invited to join the Board of Trustees in the year 2000 and has been contributing as the Treasurer for the past 20 plus years.

Dr Latha Devarajan

Dr. Latha Jagannathan is the Medical Director and Managing Trustee of the not-for-profit organization, Bangalore Medical Services Trust, (BMST). She founded BMST in 1984 and has been responsible for its operations and growth into the only standalone facility in India with a Blood Centre, HLA Laboratory and Tissue Bank, providing a wide spectrum of services in the field of blood, organ & cellular therapies.

She is a founder member of the Indian Cancer Society, Karnataka and Karunashraya. She is on the board of MYRADA, a developmental organization, and Samraksha, an NGO working in the field of HIV & AIDS.

She is an invited member of several Government, National & International bodies on Health, Blood Banking, and Transplant Immunology and the Task Force on Health and Family Welfare, Karnataka.

Kishore Rao

Kishore Rao started Indian Cancer Society, Karnataka, in 1986 as a voluntary organisation, and today ICS has offices in Kalaburagi and Mangaluru besides Bengaluru. In 1994 he started Karunashraya in partnership with Rotary Bangalore Indiranagar- a shining example of a cancer hospice across the country. Kishore has been in the not-for-profit sector for the last 35 years.