To provide training in onco pulmonology and interventional pulmonology
FUJIFILM India has partnered with the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Thoracic Oncology Disease Management Group, Tata Memorial Center (TMC), Mumbai to establish a training facility at TMC.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr Rajendra Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Center, Dr CS Pramesh, Director, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr SD Banavali, Director (Academics), TMC, Dr Sandeep Tandon, Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TMC, Dheeraj Chaudhri, Head, Endoscopy Division, FUJIFILM India and Tomosuke Okada, Japanese Advisor, FUJIFILM India.
The centre will provide comprehensive training and observership programmes to pulmonologists from Asia Pacific Region.
Koji Wada, MD, FUJIFILM India said, “Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai has immensely supported the healthcare ecosystem and we wish that this partnership with FUJIFILM India will positively impact the patient care standards in various remote regions of the country with the help of continuous training programs.“In line with our vision to provide the best-in-class technology, we aim to never stop innovating and working towards making India a healthier place to live in.”
Dheeraj Chaudhri, Head of Endoscopy Division, Endoscopy Systems Division, FUJIFILM India said, “We are delighted to announce that the new training facility will make the pulmonology fraternity abreast of the new technology and help them utilise the same in uplifting patient care standards at their respective locations.”
Dr Rajendra Badwe, Director, Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) said, ” Tata Memorial Centre is committed to the ideology of Service, Research and Education. TMC not only provides equitable oncology-care access to the region through its multiple Centres across India but also imparts training and education through oncology ‘skillset focussed’ academic courses under the Homi Bhabha National Institute, a deemed to be University, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India. This initiative would not only scale up the existing training program in basic bronchoscopy, train observers in interventional pulmonology procedures but also introduce the pulmonology observers and trainees to the niche field of Onco-Pulmonology and educate them on the synergistic role of the pulmonologist in an oncology set up as part of a multidisciplinary team.”
Dr Sandeep Tandon, Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TMC highlighted the role played by CSR funding by corporates as well as donations by philanthropic Trusts to public health institutions and their contribution to bridge the healthcare gap through public-private partnerships.
