Transcript Cancer care in Teaching Hospital Batticaloa

Cancer care in Teaching
Hospital Batticaloa
Dr.A.Parthiepan -MBBS,MS Consultant Oncological
surgeon
Teaching hospital
Batticaloa
Largest referral centre to entire Eastern province
It caters 2 million population
931 beds
30 consultants
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 data
Nearly 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 Theventhiran
Dr.Thavam
Dr.Nandakumar
Dr.Siva Vithiyananthan
Prof.Jeeva Martyn
Dr.Ramesh Ramanathan
All the members of IMHO
Thank you