Facilities
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.