Bangalore based NGO, NEW INDIA and commits Rs 200 crores for the underprivileged
Actor Emraan Hashmi inaugurated open cancer care hospital that will treat BPL patients across India free of charge. The initiative is part of a newly launched NGO, NEW INDIA, by a Bangalore based business couple. They announced the launch of their dream project, NEW INDIA – a self funded NGO, and gifted Rs 200 crores towards building of cashless cancer care hospital for underprivileged. The unique attribute about NEW INDIA is that it is self funded and it won’t accept funds from anyone. The couple has been sheltering 40 kids for six years and the dream got bigger to give back to society, which gave birth to NEW INDIA.
Inaugurating the NGO, Hashmi said, “I have very closely seen the pain which cancer patients and their family goes through. NEW INDIA’s initiative to create new hope for poor cancer patients is worth appreciating and I am glad that individuals like Vijay Tata and Amrita Tata are coming forward to take this novel step.”
NEW INDIA will be completely self funded by Vijay Tata & Amrita Tata and will focus on creating a new hope for the betterment of underprivileged. It aims to cater women, children, critical illness and stop-rape initiative to bring justice to rape victims and help them resurrect their lives. As the first initiative by NEW INDIA, it has already pledged 50 acres of land worth Rs 100 crores in Attibele-Anekal Road, Bangalore to the trust. Additional Rs 100 crores will be used towards construction of the super-specialty cancer care hospital. All underprivileged cancer patients from across India will be treated completely free of charge.
On this development, Vijay Tata said, “A small step can transform into a milestone and development is always bottom-up. Our Honourable PM’s vision on healthcare for all inspired me. Our major thrust today is to work for improving the life of our people who are below poverty line. The need of the hour is to give proper guidance and free timely treatment to them. New India is a national movement and underprivileged cancer patients across India will be treated free of cost. We are sure that this cashless cancer hospital will be able to pull down the agony of these people up-to a certain extent at-least on the monetary side. A Nation’s progress lies in its ability to provide health and care to its people. A healthy India is our aim.”
Amrita Tata said, “To make a difference, one has to be the difference. Many people want to work on these lines but we are fortunate enough to execute this initiative on my daughter’s birthday. We want to give it back to the society and we have already taken the first step. NEW INDIA wishes to provide a holistic care and solution for cancer patients, which include free treatment and after care. We will also be aggressively working towards other social causes for women and children.”
The entire hospital will be of 150 beds and will be completed in different phases. The initial phase will be ready by December 2018. Entire hospital project will be designed by a UK based Architect and Engineering firm, BDP, formerly known as Building Design Partnership.
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