Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 7: To provide world class healthcare facilities to the residents of Jammu region, BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi launched its first Surgical Oncology OPD at Ganesh Daya Nursing Home, Jammu.
The first OPD was launched with a multi speciality camp where other than Oncology, Cardiology and Neuro Vascular Intervention consultations were also provided by eminent doctors of BLK Super Speciality Hospital to the locals. More than 100 people were screened and consulted during the OPD and health checkup camp. Dr Dheeraj Gandotra, Consultant Cardiology, BLK Heart Centre and Dr Arvind Nanda, Senior Consultant, Interventional Radiology, BLK Centre for Neurosciences, gave their services during the camp.
Announcing the launch here today, Dr Ashwani Sharma, Associate Director-Surgical Oncology, BLK Cancer Centre said, “Higher burden of NCDs in the State can be gauged with the ICMR Data which reveals that in 2018 during January- July 16480 new cases of cancer were registered in Jammu & Kashmir and in 2014, 11815 cases with malignancies were registered. The scenario in Jammu is peculiar because the awareness level about cancer is very low. People visit specialists only at advance stages of the disease. With this initiative, we aim to provide early diagnosis, best-in-class treatment and care to cancer patients.”
Dr Sharma informed that during the initial phase of Specialty OPD, eminent doctors from BLK Super Speciality Hospital will be available for consultation, screening and treatment for different types of cancers with cutting edge procedures and technique on fortnightly basis.
“The advanced facilities available at BLK Hospital include robotic & minimal invasive surgery for thoracic and abdominal malignancies, endoscopic, laser and robotic surgery for head and neck cancers, breasts conservations, oncoplasty and sentinel node biopsy, HIPEC, radical treatment for GI, urological and gynaecological cancers and Tomotherapy – next generation image guided radiation therapy,” he added.
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