Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 17: American Oncology Institute (AOI) at Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences (ASCOMS) has announced the first and only PET-CT Scan in Jammu city to help people fight cancer through early detection and diagnosis. In order to improve the diagnostic and treatment care facility, AOI at ASCOMS Jammu provides all the modalities of Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Cancer Surgeries under one roof.
The medical institution has also installed the first and only state-of-the-art PET CT Scan in Jammu city to provide patients a better treatment experience at affordable cost.
Dr. Sangeeta Tikkoo, Consultant Nuclear Medicine, AOI said, “Every year more than 400,000 Indians lose their life because of cancer and the disease is increasing at 11 per cent per year. Precision, accuracy and early detection is the need of the hour in cancer care and PET CT has emerged as an integral imaging tool in oncology.
“It provides advanced imaging solutions for early detection of cancer and also helps to detect the nature of the tumor,” she maintained.
A handout stated, to make it affordable for all classes of people, as an introductory package, AOI Jammu has reduced the cost of PET CT diagnosis by 20 per cent along with free OPD consultation till October 31, 2020 for patients undergoing PET-CT.
Dr. Neeraj Bishnoi, Regional Director – North, AOI, said, “Looking at the increasing number of cancer cases across the country the need of hour is to make cancer treatment affordable.”
He also said that AOI ensures top class cancer care to the patients.
“The management has extensively reviewed the functioning of this cancer care hospital besides taking several significant decisions to further enhance its operational capabilities vis-à-vis ensuring highest standards of patient care in tune with the emerging requirements”, he added.
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