Lucknow – 21 thousand cancer patients were treated in 5 years in KGMU, Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said, no limitation for patients treatment at KGMU. 21 thousand cancer patients were treated in 5 years: Deputy CM Brajesh Pathak said – will not allow shortage of resources in KGMU – Lucknow News

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He was addressing the program organized in the Radiotherapy Department on Monday as the chief guest. Vice Chancellor of the institute Prof. Sonia Nityanand expressed gratitude to the state government for providing land for the expansion of KGMU. The Vice Chancellor said that soon a new linear accelerator will be installed in the radiotherapy department.

Deputy CM laid emphasis on providing all facilities to the patients

Dr. Rajendra Kumar of Radiation Oncology Department of KGMU said that the Palliative Care Project was started in the year 2016 in collaboration with Jeev Daya Foundation. During the last five years, treatment has been provided to about 21,000 patients. Along with treatment, hundreds of patients are provided mental health care, nutritional support, wound care, breathing and feeding tubes.

Cancer patients are given pain relief through opium.

Dr. Sanjay Dhiraj of SGPGI, who was present in the program, said that when many pain medicines fail in cancer patients, then opium, a drug from the narcotics group, is used. Apart from being cheap, it is also effective. It is started with 2.5 to 5 mg. Its dose can be increased up to six times. Its most common side effect is constipation. But most are effective in providing pain relief to patients.

Caring for patients in their last stages is difficult

Dr. Shaleen Kumar, Dean of SGPGI and Head of Radiation Oncology Department, said that taking care of patients in the last stages of cancer and other serious diseases is difficult. How should doctors always alleviate the suffering of patients? Should the expenditure be minimal? It is the doctor’s job to think about both these aspects. Therefore, avoid prescribing expensive medicines to terminally ill patients.

Dr. Shalin said that doctors should pay more attention to effective and affordable medicines. He said that there is no euthanasia law in our country. Patients in whom the chances of life are zero. His treatment is full of challenges. A touchy-philosophical approach will have to be adopted while sharing information about the possibility of death with the attendant. Dr. Sudhir Singh of Radiotherapy Department, Dr. Seema Gupta, Dr. Vineet Sharma, Pro Vice Chancellor Dr. Apjeet Kaur, Dr. Rajeev Gupta, Dr. Abhinav Sonkar, Dr. Sandeep Tiwari, Dr. BK Ojha, Dr. Kshitij were present in the program. Srivastava, Dr. Anand Mishra, Dr. Pavitra Rastogi and other doctors were present.