Medical Oncology

Govt Royapettah Hospital attached to Kilpauk Medical College was established in 1911 by the Government of Tamilnadu.The hospital is located at West Cott Road Royapettah,Chennai -600014. Govt Royapettah Hospital is unique among all the Govt hospitals as it is the only tertiary care centre with all three divisions of Oncology namely Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Surgical Oncology under one roof.

GRH offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art outpatient and inpatient cancer treatment facilities that bring our expert care closer to patients with comparable cure rate and significant palliation of non cured patients.

Department of Oncology in Government Royapettah Hospital, Chennai will be upgraded as an Institute of Oncology by the Govt of Tamilnadu and the process of up gradation has already been initiated.Cancer block with 150 beds will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.17 crores for this purpose.

Highlights

  Evaluation done for referred patients to confirm cancer and further analysis is done for identifying the stage of cancer.

  Upon confirmation of the disease patients are treated under two categories

     Outpatient service
     Inpatient service

  Outpatient service works mainly to cater the needs of patients who doesn’t require hospitalization.

      OP service does the registration of new cases and managing further cases
      Chemotherapy given on OP basis with intent to cure as well as palliate
      Clinical follow up of old patients also done by OP division

  Inpatient Service works for patients whose condition requires hospitalization.Those patients are admitted in the hospital for further    treatment and monitoring of those cases are also done under the IP division.

Statistics

  OP and IP statistics of Medical Oncology patients from Jan 2007 to May 2010 are mentioned in the below tabular column.

  Medical Oncology stands first among all the Oncology departments in handling number of patients on day to day,monthly and yearly    basis.

Palliative Care

Palliative care consists in caring for patients suffering from pain for a long time.It is generally misunderstood that only people who are terminally ill or those whom doctors have given up hopes of any progress, go to palliative care centers. Far from true,any patient suffering from intense pain requiring long term care can benefit from Hospices. The objective of hospices is to improve the quality of life and render living passable.

Hospices address all the issues in an integrated way. Where needed, medicines like morphine are given in required doses to reduce pain. Wherever supplemental medical treatment or other interventions like chemotherapy, radiationtherapy,etc are indicated, these are provided with the support of nearby hospitals. Counselling is provided to make patient understand and accept the reality. Love, care, company, psychological supports are all given.

Education and Training

Medical Oncology division of Govt Royapettah Hospital offers a number of education and training opportunities for undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, nursing students and those seeking continuing medical education.

The mission of the Medical Oncology Division is to eliminate cancer and allied diseases through integrated programs in patient care, research, education, and prevention. This Division of Cancer Medicine is striving to make progress to realize this mission, as the division builds strong partnerships with the other divisions as well as with other cancer centers to develop more effective therapies that are targeted to each patient’s unique disease profile. Division investigators are now making appreciable progress in extending survival and improving quality of life for patients with the most difficult to treat tumors such as head and neck cancer, lung cancer,brain tumors, leukemia, breast cancer,gynaec cancer,lymphoma, melanoma, and many challenging but rare tumors.

The comprehensive treatment planning system involves a Tumour Board which consists of a panel of chief doctors of medical, surgical and radiation oncologists. The Board examines referred cases and jointly decides on the best line of treatment for each patient.