VARANASI: Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre list Tuesday, 20 October, as their Dussehra holiday in the official 2026 calendar. For families planning a visit around that date, the practical task is to confirm the particular appointment and hospital location before travelling.
The holiday list does not provide a department-by-department clinical roster or cancel individual treatment appointments. Patients with an existing appointment should check its arrangements with their treating department. This guide brings together the hospitals' public service information checked on 16 October; it does not report a newly announced shutdown.
First, check which hospital your papers name
The official contact page gives two separate addresses. Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre, commonly called MPMMCC, is at Sundar Bagiya, near Nariya Gate, on the BHU campus, Varanasi 221005. Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital, or HBCH, is at Old Loco Colony, Shivpurwa, Varanasi 221002. The shared website does not mean the two names describe one entrance.
The patient-care contact is 0542-6917700, with ams.mpmmcc@tmc.gov.in listed for related queries. When checking travel arrangements, specify the hospital and department named on the appointment rather than asking only about the cancer hospital. A correct date is of limited help if the family reaches the other site. The published addresses are the reference points for checking that distinction.
New registration has a separate appointment route
The hospitals' new-registration appointment form asks users to select the location according to the relevant disease group. It directs head-and-neck, urology, neuro, breast, gynaecology and bone-and-solid-cancer registrations to MPMMCC. It directs children's cancer, bone-marrow transplantation and adult haematology registrations to HBCH. These are the form's routing instructions, rather than a complete description of every service at either institution.
The displayed booking sequence asks for the patient's name, email address and mobile number, followed by the appointment location and date. The final step is the Generate Appointment button. Readers should use the official form and check the details it returns; merely viewing the form does not establish that an appointment has been booked.
This page is labelled for new registration. It should not be treated as a substitute for instructions already given to a registered patient about a follow-up visit. If the required disease group or location is unclear, clarify it with the hospital before selecting an option.
Registration, certificates and holiday billing
The Central Registration Office page identifies the office as the first point of contact. Its services include pre-registration counselling, appointments, tokens, billing and report printing. It also lists railway-travel concession documents, cost certificates and certificates showing that a patient is under treatment. These requests therefore have a named administrative destination, rather than having to be directed to an unspecified clinical department.
The page locates registration at the PRC Building in MPMMCC and on the ground floor at HBCH. It gives prc.mpmmcc@tmc.gov.in as the office email. Published working hours are 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday and 9 am to 2 pm on Saturday, with Sunday shown as the weekly off.
The same page expressly includes cash and billing counters operating on Sundays and holidays. That narrower service statement should not be expanded into a claim that every registration counter or outpatient clinic follows a holiday schedule identical to a normal working day.
Pharmacy services have their own stated hours
The pharmacy department describes 24-hour dispensary services for patients and staff at MPMMCC and HBCH. It distinguishes inpatient and outpatient pharmacy services from day-care oncology pharmacy work. The department also processes medication orders and provides counselling. Its service description is more specific than assuming that a hospital holiday closes all medicine-related facilities.
The pharmacy contact is pharmacy.mpmmcc@tmc.gov.in, and its listed location is the first floor of the D&T Building. The page also displays routine office hours alongside its round-the-clock dispensary description. Readers seeking a particular counter or collection arrangement should confirm that detail with the department. The public page does not establish stock availability for an individual prescription or give a special 20 October collection timetable.
Medical records use the existing case number
The patient electronic-medical-records login uses the alphanumeric case number printed on the front of the hospital case file or smart card. Its first-time instructions say to use the smart-card PIN initially, then create a new password through the OTP-authenticated password-reset process and sign in again. Existing users who cannot remember the password are directed to the recovery option.
This is a records-access route for a patient with a case number, separate from the new-registration appointment form. The login page itself does not confirm a future consultation, create a new appointment or specify that every report will already be available. Keep the hospital case details available when asking the registration office about a record or printed report.
Ask the social-work team about support
The Medical Social Services department lists patient assessment for welfare schemes and financial assistance among its responsibilities. It also provides counselling and helps communication between patients and doctors. Families struggling with the administrative and financial demands of care therefore have a specific department to approach, rather than assuming that every support question belongs at the cash counter.
The department is listed on the ground floor of the RT Building, with msw.mpmmcc@tmc.gov.in as its contact. Its published hours are 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays and 9 am to 2 pm on Saturdays, with Sunday shown as the weekly off. The page does not promise that every applicant qualifies for assistance or provide a universal document checklist.
For related reading, Dalimss News has covered the separate Sir Sunderlal Hospital outpatient timetable and the announced plan to cap margins on non-scheduled cancer medicines. Neither report replaces the appointment, registration or support arrangements issued by MPMMCC and HBCH for their own patients.
