R.K. BIRLA CANCER CENTER

Facilities

• Daily OPD for cancer patients

• Indoor- two separate wards for male & female patients

• Bone marrow transplant unit

• Surgical Oncology OT

• Palliative care unit

• Clinical trials unit

• Hospital-based Cancer registry

• Gynae-oncology clinic

• Diagnostic facilities available at the center: FNAC, x-ray, mammography

Out Patient Department

• Daily OPD for cancer patients

• OPD runs on 6 days per week

• Hours of OPD: 09.00 am to 03.00 pm

• Daily volume of OPD: 100 to 150 patients

• Number of physicians present at each OPD:3

• Number of nursing staff at each OPD: 3

Procedures in OPD

• Bone marrow aspiration and biopsy

• Lumber puncture

• Pleurocentesis

• Ascetic tapping

Diagnostic Modalities

• Mammography

• Fine needle aspiration cytology

• Biopsy

• Diagnostic radiology

Indoor Facility

• Day care centre

• Daily admission facility

• 50-80 patients are admitted daily

• Male and female ward for chemotherapy

• Lymphopress facility

Bone Marrow Transplant Unit

• First BMT centre in Rajasthan

• 2 beds with Oncology ICU

• Both allogenic and autologous

• Very cost effective

• Long waiting list

Palliative Care

· Palliative Care providers at our institution have received formal training in palliative care

· We are running a palliative care centre with the help of Jeev Daya Foundation

· Morphine tablets, Fentanyl Patch available free

· More than 200 patients registered

Multi-specialty Tumor Board

• The meeting of the Multi-specialty Tumor Board (MSTB) is held two times a week – every Tuesday and Friday – at the RK Birla Cancer Center, SMS Hospital, Jaipur between 12 noon and 1.00 pm

• A total of 292 cases have been seen and discussed from August till December 2014.

RKBCC – Volume of work: 2015

• New patients seen at RKBCC in 2014: 10,256,

• Follow-up (old) patients in 2014: 12,350.

• Total patients seen: 22,606.

• Bone Marrow Transplantation center at the RKBCC now regularly performing the procedure till 2014,

• Autologous BMT: 08

• Allogenic BMT: 09, Total: 17 transplants

• Surgeries done in 2014:

• Total: 931,

• Major: 532,

• Minor: 399.

• Chemotherapy cycles administered at RKBCC during 2014: 7473

• Procedures done at RKBCC in 2014:

• Bone marrow aspirations: 1286,

• FNAC: 5838,

• Intra-thecal therapy: 962,

• Mammograms: 502,

• PAP Smears: 101,

• Lymphopress procedures: 48,

• Dressings: 810.