'Acute Oncology Service' started at BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, hotline service 24 hours
What to do if a person undergoing treatment for cancer suddenly develops a complex health problem? Call 9855081501 at this time.
This phone number will be picked up by health workers and doctors who are knowledgeable about cancer. Not for general inquiries, advice and complaints about cancer, but if there is really a complication, what should the patient do before reaching the main hospital? The person who picks up the phone will advise .
This service has been started by BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Bharatpur . This is the main hospital in Nepal that only treats cancer. This hotline service is for the convenience of cancer patients who have complications in their health. Even more distant patients who cannot come immediately to the hospital for cancer treatment, it is for them," said Dr. Gurusharan Sah said .
Hospital has started 'Acute Oncology Service' to make the emergency treatment of cancer systematic and effective. For this, the service has been started by training 39 people including doctors and nurses. After training for three days from June 9, former president Dr. Ramvaran Yadav inaugurated this service on June 11. Dr. Hotline service available 24 hours a day. Shah informed .
'Complications occur in patients during cancer disease and treatment . In such cases, the cancer hospital has an emergency room. They come to the hospital for treatment. But cancer patients have not been treated in general hospitals other than cancer," said Dr. Shah. Through this service, the cancer hospital is trying to coordinate with the patient and his nearest hospital.
In some cases, even taking a small amount of medicine will solve the problem, he says. "Normal problems can be monitored at home, but if the problem starts to worsen, you should come to the hospital immediately," said Dr. Sah says, 'Well, even if you stay at home, why should you keep running unnecessarily?' He suggested that you should come to the hospital if the complications persist.
'Suppose a cancer patient in Dadeldhura is vomiting . From there, the patient cannot come here vomiting. If the patient reaches the nearest hospital and the doctor there contacts/coordinates with us, it will be very convenient for the patient who comes here after taking anti-vomiting medicine from there," said Dr.Sah . He said that emergency treatment of cancer should be started in at least seven provincial level hospitals. He appealed not to contact the public phone number for emergency services.
After 25 years of establishment, BP Koirla Memorial Cancer Hospital receives patients from all over the country and even from the border areas of India for treatment. The service of the hospital which started with 100 beds has now reached 500 beds. Executive director of the hospital. According to Shivji Paudel, one lakh 88 thousand 514 people came to the OPD of the hospital in the last financial year. Out of which 6 thousand 795 people were diagnosed with cancer.
