Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre

Dharamshila Hospital and Research (DHRC)
Motto Cancer is Curable
Formation 1990
Type Non-Government Voluntary Organization
Purpose Cancer Care and Treatment, Cancer Research
Headquarters Delhi and NCR, India
Location
  • North India ,India
President
 Dr. Suversha Khanna
Parent organization
 Dharamshila Hospital and Research (DHRC)
Website www.dhrc.in

Dharamshila Hospital and Research Centre (DHRC) is the first and only cancer hospital of India that has been accredited by NABH. It is also accredited by NABH for its allied specialties and labs.[1] Dr. S. Khanna is the founder of this hospital. She got it built on 19 April 1990 after her father died of cancer. Based in New Delhi, the hospital has a medical oncology centre, radiation oncology centre, and a surgical oncology centre to diagnose and treat cancers. The first phase of the hospital was commissioned on 1 July 1994 with 100 beds. The hospital has now expanded to 350 beds and is the largest cancer hospital of north India.

History

North India, until the early ‘90s, did not have full-fledged cancer hospitals. Patients and their families would either go to the 25-bed cancer wing of AIIMS, New Delhi or to the overcrowded Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai.

Dharamshila Cancer Foundation and Research Centre was registered as an NGO to start North India's first state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer care and research centre. The first phase of Dharamshila Hospital and Research Centre (DHRC) with 100 beds was commissioned in July 1994. In October, 2007, 250 more beds along with better cancer facilities were commissioned, making DHRC the largest cancer hospital of North India.[2] [2]

Infrastructure

The Hospital provides complete diagnostic facilities and treatments. Patients receive cancer surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, rehabilitation and palliative care under one roof.

The department of radio-diagnosis and imaging offers facilities for nuclear scans, PET-CT Scan, digital spiral CT scans, mammography, ultrasonography, echocardiography, endoscopies, digital radiography, CT and ultrasound-guided procedures.

The department of pathology offers facilities for cytology, histopathology, frozen sections, immunohistochemistry, tumour markers, haematology, cytochemistry, biochemistry, clinical pathology and microbiology.

The department of radiation oncology has two linear accelerators with IMRT capabilities, microselectron HDR with TCS remote after loading brachytherapy equipment for providing intraluminal, intracavitary, interstitial and surface mould radiation in 10–15 minutes, compared to two-three days by conventional methods; three treatment planning systems (including 3-D eclipse TPS) and inverse planning system, amorphous silicon online treatment port verification system and mould room facilities.

Recently Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre (DHRC) has taken another pioneering step for advanced cancer treatment by commissioning Delhi’s first Linear Accelerator with VMAT technology. The new technology delivers targeted radiation. It delivers IMRT, IGRT, SRS, SRT, and SBRT with Arc Therapy.

The department of surgical oncology has seven modern operation theatres, fitted with laminar flows, and hepafilters and endoscopy suite to offer all types of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopies. The department performs cancer surgeries including routine, high risk and emergency surgeries.

Dharamshila Hospital has recently started dedicated 21 beded Bone and Blood Marrow Transplant unit with Haplo identical bone marrow transplant facilities.

The department of medical oncology provides chemotherapy, immunological/biological therapy, hormonal therapies, targeted therapies, neutropenic care, nutritional therapy, blood and blood component therapy, palliative and supportive care. These core departments are supported by consultants from anaesthesiology, cardiology, dental, dermatology, diabetology, ENT, endocrinology, emergency services, gynaecology and obstetrics. Other supporting specialities include gastroenterology, gastro intestinal surgery, general, neuro, paediatric and laparoscopic surgery, internal medicine, nephrology, and neurology. For post-operative continuing therapy, the Hospital can also call on specialists from ophthalmology, orthopaedics, occupational therapy, paediatrics, plastic and maxillo facial surgery, psychiatry, pulmonology, physiotherapy, pharmacy and urology. Thus almost all imaginable consequences are catered for in one location.[3]

Departments

The main departments at DHRC are:

To offer its patients complete cancer care under one roof, DHRC also has other departments that deal in the following allied specialities:

Accreditation

International Patient Services

The hospital has set up a special division to look after the needs of International Patients and make their stay comfortable. DHRC regularly receives cancer patients from USA, Australia, Netherlands, Yemen, Sudan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Iran. Hospital has recognized the importance of Medical tourism in India. DHRC regularly organizes medical camps in African Countries as well as Middle East Countries.

References

  1. ↑ "Cancer Related Institutes". Indian Association for Cancer Research.
  2. ↑ "Dharamshila Hospital & Research Centre". Indian Express.
  3. ↑ Dharamshila Hospital & Research Centre
  4. ↑ "NABH Accredited Hospitals". NABH.

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