dr.a.parthiepan -mbbs,ms consultant oncological surgeon cancer care in teaching hospital batticaloa

Dr.A.Parthiepan -MBBS,MS Consultant Oncological surgeon

Cancer care in Teaching Hospital Batticaloa

Largest referral centre to entire Eastern province

It caters 2 million population

931 beds

30 consultants

Teaching hospital Batticaloa

Highest incidence of cancer in the Eastern province

• Common cancers in the oncosurgical ward

• Oral

• Breast

• Thyroid

• Colorectal

• Sarcomas

Current cancer care facilities in THB

Medical oncology unit was started in 2009----15 beds

Surgical oncology unit - 2010-----15 beds

Medical and the surgical oncology clinics are being contacted

Dedicated clinic was started -to detect the breast cancer

Surgical operations -2 sessions per week

Significant number of patients present in advanced stages

Why?

2011 dataNearly 1800 patients were admitted to medical oncology unit in 2011

About 500 patients were admitted surgical oncology unit

130 were terminally ill patients who were under the palliative care

192 patients were transferred to other hospitals for radiation

For proper cancer care

1. Wards with adequate number of beds

2. Dedicated operating room

3. Intensive care unit

4. Radiation facilities

5. Palliative care unit

6. Home hospice services

7. Transit home for the patients who need radiation treatment and chemotherapy

8. Counseling service

Solutions for the few problems

No solutions for following

Palliative care unit and Transit home

Home hospice services- vehicle

Empowering the pathology

department

Cancer surgeries are prolonged Tumor has to be excised completely

Livelihood and other projects

1. Supporting the patients who underwent major surgical operations, financial aids to economically poor patients for treatment

2. Maintain the cancer registry

3. Providing web based medical literature to medical student

4. Providing training to nurses- breast cancer navigator Oral cancer navigator, counseling nurses

IMHO contributions to cancer unit- Batticaloa

2010- core biopsy gun and 100 needles

2011- pneumatic calf compressor

My special thanks for Dr.Rajam TheventhiranDr.ThavamDr.NandakumarDr.Siva VithiyananthanProf.Jeeva MartynDr.Ramesh RamanathanAll the members of IMHO

Thank you