AIIMS to register families with cancer history

--Admission of Indoor Patients begins

                                                                                     

BHUBANESWAR: For the first time in the country, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar is going to start registering families with cancer history in order to check high risk among the fellow family members, informed the medical authorities here on Sunday.

According to Radiation Oncology Professor Dillip Kumar Parida, they would register the families with cancer patients. “After registering their names, we will conduct tests and will counsel them to identify the risk factor of the disease,” said Parida, adding, “We will try to check the risk after identifying the persons with breast cancer, colon cancer and ovary cancer which is known as highly risky and is transmitted through genes to their children.” 

Besides, the AIIMS Bhubaneswar began admission of Indoor patients from Saturday. It has activated around 30 beds in basic disciplines of medicine, general surgery and gynecology, said AIIMS Director Prof AK Mohapatra.

“We are taking the patients in a trial run, but it will be streamlined within a week. It will immensely help to start our hospital by mid-January,” Mohapatra said.

Around three operations theatres (OTs) are also set to start functioning by Tuesday. Advanced diagnostic facilities like CT Scan has also started functioning along with ultrasound and X-ray imaging services, sources said.