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Holy Spirit Hospital Starts a Cancer Center

Mumbai's Holy Spirit Hospital has recently inaugurated its cancer centre. The centre will offer all the major modalities of cancer management including radiotherapy, medical oncology (chemotherapy), onco-surgery and hematology. It also has well equipped diagnostic facilities and pathology laboratories to support the cancer centre. The centre boasts of the latest radiotherapy facilities like Image-Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy (3-DCRT), Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Stereotactic Radiotherapy / Radiosurgery (SRT / RS) (Intra-cranial / extra-cranial), brachytherapy facility and palliative care.

Suresh Shetty, State Public Health and Family Welfare, Environment Protocol, Sports and Youth Welfare Minister for Maharashtra, formally inaugurated the centre. Said Dr MB Shah, Medical Director, Holy Spirit Hospital, "I have seen that Mumbai does not have sufficient medical infrastructure to cope up with the volume of cancer patients in the city. The problem gets compounded when one considers the fact that people in surrounding areas also rely on the hospital facilities in Mumbai when it comes to cancer treatment. With the number of cancer patients increasing, we have to ensure that hospitals are equipped to deal with these diseases."

Added Sister Lissy, Executive Director, Holy Spirit Hospital, "Radiotherapy is one of the effective modalities of cancer treatment, and by initiating a separate centre for the same, we have ensured that the latest technology is available to all our patients."

The hospital actively runs a campaign to reach out to the surrounding slums through their six out-reach clinics providing healthcare to the poor and socially marginalised section.

EH News Bureau