Hospital Overview

Malabar Cancer Centre (Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences & Research), Thalassery is an autonomous institution under Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Kerala, started with an aim to establish a comprehensive cancer centre, providing the much-required oncology care to the population of Northern region of Kerala and neighboring parts of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. The main objective of the centre is not only to provide comprehensive cancer care but also to develop as a Research and Training Centre of international standards. A society named Malabar Cancer Centre Society was registered under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 with the above aims and clinical work in Malabar Cancer Centre (MCC) started from March 2010 onwards. At present MCC has more than 200 in-patient bed strength. The control and management of the Society are vested in the Governing Body consisting of 23 members with the Honorable Chief Minister of Kerala as the Chairman. The routine activities and functions of the Centre are supervised by the Executive Committee, with the Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala being the Chairperson of the Committee. The members in the Governing Body and Executive Committee are functioning by virtue of their official positions. MCC is providing a full spectrum of oncological care as an autonomous not-for-profit institution funded by the State Government and other sources. In 2022, the Government upgraded the centre as Malabar Cancer Centre (Post Graduate Institute of Oncology Sciences & Research).