Inauguration

Mohali Gets Dedicated Cancer Centre

The Indus Super Speciality Hospital, Mohali, recently inaugurated a dedicated cancer hospital in the region. Indus Cancer Institute commissioned a radiotherapy equipment, a dedicated cancer pathology laboratory and a rural Indus cancer detection center in Malwa region of Punjab was announced.

The radiotherapy machine is reportedly the first high energy medical linear accelerator (15mV) in Punjab. Dr KS Behgal, Head, Department of Radiation Oncology at the Institute, informed, that most of the cancer centers in Punjab and North India use either outdated cobalt machines or low or medium energy linear accelerators. "We, on the other hand, have a dual energy linear accelerator which is the most advanced machine installed in Punjab so far," he added.

The Cancer Histopathology Unit, managed by Dr Charandeep Singh, provides the facilities of immunohistochemistry, tumour markers (blood tests detecting cancer) and has already begun the process of acquiring frozen section equipment. "With the opening of a dedicated cancer laboratory, the samples of blood and biopsy would be tested here, which were earlier being sent to Mumbai and other cities for testing," said Dr Singh.

EH News Bureau