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