Hospital visitor guides for families
Hospitals in Varanasi: Visitor Guide for Patients’ Families
This page is an index of our visitor guides for families coming to Varanasi for treatment or to support a patient. It names the hospitals we cover and what each guide explains: where the hospital is, registration, reports and visiting a patient. It gives no medical advice and no doctor names, and it is not affiliated with any hospital. Every hospital fact comes from the hospital’s or the government’s own website, checked on 6 October 2026, confirm on the official site before you travel. The guides are written by the team at Hotel Vinayak Plaza, a hotel in Varanasi. More about the city is in our Varanasi travel guide.
In an emergency
In an emergency, call 112 for police or 108 / 102 for an ambulance; for fire, call 101. These are the numbers on the Government of Uttar Pradesh’s emergency services list, checked on 6 October 2026, confirm on the official site before you travel.
Hospital guides for patients’ families
Tata Memorial Centre runs two hospitals in Varanasi on separate campuses: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital at Lahartara and MPMMCC on the BHU campus. Each has its own visitor guide. From the hospitals’ official website, checked on 6 October 2026, confirm on the official site before you travel.
On the Banaras Hindu University campus
The Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre (MPMMCC) is a unit of Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, on the BHU campus in Varanasi. Its guide covers where it is on the campus, how registration and appointments work, the patient login for reports, and visiting a patient. Read the guide: Mahamana Cancer Centre (MPMMCC).
- Official name: Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre (MPMMCC)
- Run by: Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, which the hospital describes as a Grant-in-Aid Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
- Campus: BHU campus
Elsewhere in the city
Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH) is a unit of Tata Memorial Centre in Varanasi, and its own website says it is situated at Lahartara. It is a different hospital from MPMMCC, on its own campus away from BHU. Its guide covers where the hospital is, which patients it sees, the registration office, reports and visiting a patient. Read the guide: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (Lahartara).
- Official name: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH), Varanasi
- Run by: Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, which the hospital describes as a Grant-in-Aid Institution of the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India
- Locality: Lahartara
Searching for the ‘BHU cancer hospital’?
Check the hospital name printed on your appointment papers or message before you arrange travel, then use that hospital’s guide: Mahamana Cancer Centre (MPMMCC) or Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (Lahartara). This page does not list OPD days or times; each guide explains how to find them for that hospital.
Before you travel for treatment in Varanasi
- Check which hospital your appointment letter, referral or message names before you book travel or a room. The two Tata Memorial Centre hospitals in Varanasi are on separate campuses.
- Registration, documents, reports and visiting rules are set by each hospital. The MPMMCC guide and the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital guide explain what the hospital’s website says and who to ask.
- Save the hospital’s own phone number from its guide, separately from any hotel number.
- In an emergency, call 112 for police or 108 / 102 for an ambulance, as listed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh (checked on 6 October 2026).
Other hospitals listed by the Varanasi district administration
Families sometimes need a government hospital we have no guide for. The Varanasi district administration’s hospitals listing names these hospitals (names and localities as listed). Source: Varanasi district administration, checked on 6 October 2026, confirm on the official site before you travel. We do not have visitor guides for these hospitals yet.
- District Govt. Women Hospital, Kabir Chaura
- Shri Shiv Prasad Gupt Divisional District Hospital, Kabir Chaura
- Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Hospital, Pandeypur
- Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital, Ramnagar
- Sir Sunderlal Hospital, BHU, Lanka
If your family needs a room during treatment
Hotel Vinayak Plaza is in south Varanasi. It is not near Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital in Lahartara.
For room details, see our rooms.
Questions families ask about hospitals in Varanasi
Does this page list OPD timings for the hospitals?
No. OPD days and times differ by department and can change, so this page does not list them. Each hospital guide explains what the hospital’s own website says and how to confirm the day and time: Mahamana Cancer Centre (MPMMCC) and Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (Lahartara).
Which hospital is the ‘BHU cancer hospital’, and where is its OPD schedule?
The Tata Memorial Centre hospital on the BHU campus is MPMMCC. Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital is a different Tata Memorial Centre hospital, situated at Lahartara on its own campus. Check the hospital name printed on your appointment papers or message, then use the Mahamana Cancer Centre (MPMMCC) or Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (Lahartara) guide. Checked on 6 October 2026, confirm on the official site before you travel.
Sources and last checked
The hospital and emergency information on this page comes from these official pages, all checked on 6 October 2026:
Hotel Vinayak Plaza is a hotel and is not connected to any hospital listed here. This page gives no medical advice; each hospital’s own website and registration office are the final word.
If you notice something out of date, please contact us.
This is the hotel’s number, not a hospital helpline.
Hotel Vinayak Plaza: call or WhatsApp +91 91992 67480 to ask about a room. Phone calls are answered 24×7. On WhatsApp, please send only your dates and the number of guests, and no medical details. You can also see the rooms or contact the hotel.