The role of counselling and support for an end-stage cancer patient
Especially, if an elderly patient knows about his end-stage diagnosis of cancer,this leaves them disheartened. Such patients need more emotional, psychological, and social support.
Especially, if an elderly patient knows about his end-stage diagnosis of cancer,this leaves them disheartened. Such patients need more emotional, psychological, and social support.
An official spokesperson said earlier, in terms of giving monthly pension to cancer patients, Tripura was the only state in the country that has been giving monthly financial assistance of Rs.1000 to stage-III cancer patients.
The OPD registrations will be done from 8 am to 1 pm on all working days. Earlier, the patients had to register for OPD appointments between 8 am and 11.30 am.
The Bagchi-Karunashraya city space and palliative home care services for cancer patients was inaugurated at Gandamunda in the city yesterday by Chief Secretary Sri Suresh Chandra Mahapatra.
It may be noted here that AIIMS Bhubaneswar has now become the only government hospital in the eastern part of India and state of Odisha to have its own PET-CT equipment.
Since most of the resources are directed to deal with the Covid-19 cases, such patients are now exhibiting the aggravated condition of their disease status.
The study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, indicated that among the 131 patients studied, 94 per cent developed antibodies to the coronavirus.
They found that cells exposed to IL-6 and the pesticide exhibited increased apoptosis -- or controlled cell death -- when the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein was present.
An assurance in this regard was given by Union Ministry of Finance in a letter to Punjab's Industry and Commerce Minister Sunder Sham Arora who lost his wife to this dreaded ailment.
The state's Regional Cancer Hospital (RCH), Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, has been facing trouble with the non-functional nuclear medicine…
