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DHARAMSHILA CANCER HOSPITAL DELHI BEST CANCER TREATMENT HOSPITAL IN INDIA

 

A group of concerned relatives and friends of cancer patients felt the need to provide complete cancer treatment under one roof. They felt it was their Dharma (duty) to provide to cancer patients what was not available to their near and dear ones when they suffered with cancer. They laid the Shila (foundation) of their duty by registering a non-government voluntary organization – Dharamshila Cancer Foundation and Research Centre (DCFRC) on 19 April 1990, with the sole objective of making cancer treatment available, accessible and afforadable. DCFRC Commissioned the first phase of the hospital with 100 beds in 1994 and expanded to 300 beds in 2006.

 

Dharamshila hospital is the first and only cancer hospital of India accredited by NABH not only for cancer but for all other Allied specialities. Dharamshila Labs are also Accredited by NABL.

 

 

DHRC provides preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, palliative and support services under one roof. Responding to the healthcare needs of the community all other allied services like Neurosurgery, Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery, Dental and Faciomaxillary Surgery, Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology, Nephrology and Urology etc. were added.

 

DHRC is continuously adding cutting edge technologies, practicing evidence based medicine and following international treatment protocols, to achieve best treatment outcomes.

 

High quality standards of treatment, complete patient safety and satisfaction, improving cure rates and adding quality to life will always be our hallmark. The hospital has evolved into North India’s premier cancer institute, treating all types of cancers and is one of the first to explore gene therapy.

 

Being sensitive to the physical, medical, emotional and financial needs of the patients, DHRC serves them with love, devotion, compassion, committment and postitive attitude.

 

Transparent and honest billing policies and above mentioned factors have helped us to win our patients and expand our referral base to all over India and Neighbouring countries.

 

Cancer Treatment Services

Choosing a cancer center is an unavoidable decision when one is diagnosed with cancer. Poring over numerous statistics, asking for referrals from friends and family, and researching hospitals in the area can be a daunting task. Many patients feel powerless, scared, and defeated. They face an intimidating medical condition and often don’t know where to turn for accurate information, help, and comfort.

 

Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre (DHRC) understands that people want access to advanced treatments, skilled and committed physicians, and personalized attention and care. People want to be treated with respect and dignity throughout their cancer treatment and recovery.

 

We offer a full range of cutting-edge treatment options at high levels of care and convenience. We strive to bring brighter futures to cancer patients and help improve cancer survival rates. Our comprehensive cancer program addresses the body and mind of each patient. We treat the whole patient, not just the cancer.

 

Dharamshila Hospital is First and Only Cancer Hospital of India Accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) for Implementing High Standards of Quality and Safety for Comprehensive Cancer Care and other Allied Specialities.

 

This accreditation is testimonial to the quality of DHRC’s comprehensive patient care and our commitment to providing patients with access to all medical specialists and superspecialists involved in diagnosing and treating cancer.

 

At DHRC, we have been fighting cancer for decades. We take an individualized, personalized approach to every patient. You’ll discover this difference as soon as you meet our team of doctors and other care providers. Our qualified cancer specialists have extensive experience treating all types of cancers that include :

 

• Head and Neck Cancer
• Oral Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Gall Bladder Cancer
• Lymphoma Cancer
• Leukemia Cancer
• Brain Cancer
• Bone Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer

To add to the pool of trained and skilled manpower, we were first in India to start three years full time doctorate course – DNB Medical Oncology in 2002, DNB Surgical Oncology in 2003 and Post Basic Diploma in Oncology Nursing in 2010.

 

World Class Technology

 

 

 

 

LINEAR ACCELERATOR WITH AMORPHOUS SILICON PORTAL IMAGING AND DYNAMIC MULTILEAF COLLIMATOR

 

 

EIGHTEEN CHANNELS HDR BRACHYTHERAPY WITH MICROSELECTRON AND TREATMENT CONTROL STATION (TCS)

 

 

TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS

 

 

 

 

GAMMA CAMERA

 

 

HIGH SPEED WHOLE BODY MULTI-SLICE SPIRAL CT SCAN

 

 

ACUSON X 300TM ULTRASOUND SYSTEMS, PREMIUM EDITION (PE)

 

International Patient Services

Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre is one of the best cancer hospitals in India for advanced cancer treatment. It is the largest cancer hospital in North India with bed strength of 300. Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre (DHRC) is India’s First and only NABH accredited Cancer hospital with NABL Accredited labs, which is the testimony to the aforesaid fact.

 

Keeping afoot with its tradition of “patient first” policies, the hospital is successfully treating patients from across the globe not only for cancer but also for other specialities / superspecialities such as General Medicine, General and laparoscopic surgery, Pulmonology, Gastroenterology, G. I. Surgeries, Nephrology, Urology, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Otorihnolaryngology, Dental and Facio-maxillary Surgery, Dermatology, Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery etc. to name a few.

 

Backed By State-of-the-art medical equipments and latest technology – DHRC helps detect cancer at an early stage thus saving time, money and most importantly life of a patient, which has attracted patients from USA, Australia, Netherlands, Yaman, Sudan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria and Iran. DHRC has been successfully living up to the expectations of these patients.

 

We understand the needs and requirements of the International patients. Dedicated coordinators take care to fix up appointments, correspond with patients, receive them and co-ordinate with them through the hospital, for their treatment. The coordinators are trained in mannerism, grooming, language and hospitality skills. There is also provision for arranging interpreters. DHRC also looks into fine details to make the patients and their attendants feel at home in comfortable rooms. For patients wishing to stay in Delhi, for post operative recuperation and better recovery, there is an arrangement for comfortable stay and tie – up with leading Resort chains for “See India” facilities.

 

WHY DHRC for Cancer Treatment?

1. North India’s Largest Cancer Hospital with 300 beds focused on cancer, with full back up by all other allied specialities under one roof.
2. India’s first and only cancer hospital accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers(NABH) for implementing high standards of quality and safety for comprehensive cancer care and other allied specialities.
3. Laboratory Services of Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre are Accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL).
4. Doctor’s Credentials
5. Using latest and most powerful tools of technology.
6. Mandatory Tumour Board evaluation by a team of oncologists to ensure optimum, evidence based and tailor made treatment plans for each and every patient to ensure best outcome, leading to higher cure rates.
7. High standards of personal care with compassion.
8. Thousands of cancer survivors enjoying normal life.
9. Ethical Work Practices to Prevent Recurrences, Morbidity and Mortality.
10. On the panel of most of Govt. Schemes like CGHS, ECHS, ESI, Northern Railways, Public Sector Companies, Corporates and TPAs listed under Organizations.

1. North India’s Largest Cancer Hospital focused on cancer, with full back up by all other allied specialities under one roof.

2. India’s first and only cancer hospital accredited by National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers(NABH) for implementing high standards of quality and safety for comprehensive cancer care and other allied specialities.

3. Laboratory Services of Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre are Accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) for Medical Testing in the fields of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Pathology, Haematology & Immunohaematology, Microbiology & Serology, Histopathology and Cytopathology as per the Standard ISO 15189: 2007.

4. Doctor’s Credentials

5. World Class Technology

6. Mandatory Tumour Board evaluation by a team of oncologists to ensure optimum, evidence based and tailor made treatment plans for each and every patient to ensure best outcome, leading to higher cure rates.

7. High standards of personal care with compassion.

8. Thousands of cancer survivors enjoying normal life.

9. Ethical Work Practices to Prevent Recurrences, Morbidity and Mortality.

10. On the panel of most of Govt. Schemes like CGHS, ECHS, ESI, Northern Railways, Public Sector Companies, Corporates and TPAs listed under Organizations.

OUR CORE EXCELLENCE

At Dharamshila Hospital And Research Centre We take pride in touching and enriching lives with love, compassion, a positive attitude and following ethical practices based on transparency and accountability. Our highly qualified and dedicated trained doctors, nurses and paramedical staff ensure that the ailing patients avail the best in all medical specialities with friendly environment.

 

 

SUPERSPECIALITIES /SPECIALITY

• Oncology (Cancer care) – Medical, Surgical & Radiation Oncology
• Orthopedics and Joint Replacement Surgery
• Spine Surgery
• Medical and Surgical Gastroenterology
• Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Nephrology and Urology
• Critical Care Medicine
• Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery
• Bariatric Surgery
• ENT
• Dental
• Hand and Micro Surgery

Patient Testimonial

Mr. Nalinaksha Mutsuddi

After six months of continental tour of Europe, America and Canada and happy reunion with the relatives there my wife was glad to find her in good shape. Fitness concept is in our blood; regular morning walk and balanced diets are our forte. We keep miles away from junk foods, and fizzy drinks. Fruits and veggies are regular; canned stuff to the minimal and always keep our palate in check. Yet, a strange thing happened: she began losing weight, making her happier despite never being overweight. I, too, thought it was good to be lean in old age. Obesity is a disease per se, adding burden to the bony frame and the living. In our zest for slimming we became blind to the rapidity of the fall. She lost over five kg within a week. Hardly a month passed by since then, she experienced a sort of heaviness in the middle of sternum – right under the ribs. Could it be a symptom of ulcer? She was suffering from threatening suspicion inwardly for some time in her lonely dreaming.

 

The suspicion was deeply grounded in her mind. On the very first appointment this was told to the medical specialist, who immediately referred her to the general surgeon. His diagnosis was, ‘simple infection’; a few antibiotic pills would set her right within a week. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. We moved to gastroenterologist, who ran us through endoscopy, ultrasound and colonoscopy one after another — still, leading to no cure.

 

One night she developed unbearable pain in the stomach. Another gastroenterologist diagnosed it as “functional dyspepsia’. At the most it would take one week, he said. His prescription too, proved ineffective. Then, a battery of nine tests followed, omitting the blood test, because it was found normal, six months ago, and prior to the start of her journey. Out of nine tests only CEA value was found to be a bit elevated.

 

CEA stands for ‘carcino- embryonic antigen’. Carcino is related to cancer. Worried, I had a chat, on the Internet, with one Dr. Jasmina, who explained many causes for elevated value of this, but assured me, it need not be a precursor of cancer.

 

But it was not to be: subsequent blood test diagnosed a deadly blood cancer known as Acute Myeloid Leukemia: AML, for short. It was appalling enough to crush my spirit. On top of it the oncologist told on the first day, “At this age the prognosis is not good”. She was over sixty.

 

With the ominous thought of looming gloomy future we agreed for dreaded chemotherapy, as no other alternatives could be applicable to her, due to age. Even her sister’s offer of donating bone marrow couldn’t be resorted to. With chemo a plethora of other ailments emerged – loss of appetite, vomiting, and shivering fever. Weeks passed, with no sign of any improvement. A free fall of blood counts continued unchecked. With abysmal low count of white blood cells there was frightening prospect of infection messing up the whole affair. Rock bottom platelet counts might lead her to non-stop bleeding on the slightest of miss-steps. Frequent blood and platelet transfusion became a routine. But, platelet donors were hard to find as majority fall short of the required condition.

 

I had no choice but to bear the agony. Worried and with heavy heart I asked the doctor, “Is there any hope?” His reply was,” I told you on the first day”. A pause followed and he said grimly, “Bone marrow is not responding”.

 

It’s the disease of the bone marrow responsible for producing good blood cells. And blood is the main thing to keep the body machine moving. The bad blood cells produced in the bone marrow, will flow to the corpuscles of every tissue and damage the entire body leading to death.

 

My imagination ran wild; all bad thoughts crowding the mind. With a timid mind overflowing with ominous forebodings I asked the junior doctor, “Is there any hope for continuing the treatment?” He was straightforward and said bluntly, “Hardly any hope of survival, it’s up to you to keep her, here.” I didn’t have any alternative but to resign before the inevitable.

 

She was given ‘Cyterabine’ based chemo. In view of her age the oncologist choose five days of induction instead of seven for younger patients. The doctor cautioned us to look out for the following probable side effects.

 

• Hair loss;
• Mouth sores;
• Lowered resistance to infection on account of low
• white blood counts;
• Fatigue due to low red blood cells;
• Easy bruising or bleeding due to low platelet counts;
• Loss of appetite;
• Nausea and vomiting;
• Yellowing of the white of eyes;
• Spots and rashes on the skin, etc.

Loss of appetite and vomiting appeared first, followed by shivering high fever. Fall of blood counts was usual. Fatigue persisted. Harrowing moments ensued for weeks. She recalls one crucial night spent without a wink of sleep; incidently I too was absent that night; she was alone in the room; the nurses were on toes, every now and then peeping in to see if the drip pouch is empty, replacing it the moment it goes dry. One Soka Gakkai enthusiast — while on visit in the hospital — gave her a ‘mantra’. She kept on reciting the ‘mantra’ throughout the night and once she sensed some strange aura flooding the room. Agonizing night over, she narrated this when I joined her next morning. I am a hard core atheist and not a bit superstitious. I don’t know if it was a good omen. Of course, after about a month the bone marrow began responding to the drug heralding first recovery phase. And we were let off for one week.

 

Coming back home she resumed to her regular household chores – dusting, cleaning, cooking and everything. She is a cleanliness freak. She was fond of prawns. So, I brought jumbo sized prawns and chicken legs. She barbequed the legs and prepared her favourite Bengali dish “Malaikari” of prawns and gave her palate a good run. But her first choice, raw (uncooked) fruits were forbidden. However, seven days at home were fabulous.

 

Some other side effects such as yellowing of the white of the eyes, a few spots on the thighs appeared later in the succeeding consolidation courses. The most horrible looking side effect was the total hair loss. Her head turned into a glistening helmet without a single hair on the skull.

 

The first course is known as induction and all the succeeding ones are consolidation. It is meant for – as the name suggests – consolidation of the previous courses in order to prevent relapse. It is just like compacting the concrete pile by repeated hammering.

 

After seven days of holiday we came back to hospital routine – the same drip and tablets; hunting for blood donors; collecting blood and platelet; transfusion of blood; dropping of the blood counts followed by recovery phase etc. And, again holidays for seven days: savouring the change and so on. We were in a different set of routine now. This way we had five consolidation courses in addition to the initial induction. In all the subsequent consolidation phases the bone marrow responded splendidly well. In the final course she was given ‘etoposide’ instead of ‘cyterabine’. The last drug had some strong effect on her and that was the first time she complained of uneasiness. And it was only once during the long six-month stay in the hospital she said, “I am not o.k.” But it was over soon enough.

 

She was admitted in the Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Delhi on 2nd June, 2006 and discharged on 30th November, 2006. She is not under any medication since then. She is still alive and kicking. All her organs are in good order. This 6th April test shows all time high haemoglobin count of 14. It was never more than 8 even during her youthful days. There is one more healthy side effect in favour of her. Earlier she had a tendency of asthma. She was dependent on inhaler. Now she got rid of the puff.

 

We tried to analyze the causes of her spectacular recovery. First, all her vital organs were in good health. One of the main causes of bad prognosis after the age of sixty is the worsening condition of various vital organs — liver, kidney, heart, pancreas etc. With age it degenerates. This is the normal natural process. It can be slowed down to a limited extent but cannot be reversed altogether. With the administration of chemotherapy the condition worsens further, multiplying complications leading to rapid death. Our earlier regimen of regular workouts, good diets, and healthy habits paid rich dividends. To keep the bodily organs in working order is the individual’s responsibility. To live well you have to keep well and it should begin well enough early in life before it is too late. Due to our sheer negligence we allow this undue degeneration to take place. As a result we pay the price by suffering and death.

 

The next factor may be of paramount importance. It was the positive mental attitude. From the first day to the last in the hospital she never displayed any negativity. A full throated “Fine” used to be her stock reply to the doctor’s query “How are you?’ every morning. To anybody on phone or otherwise, her reply was always, “I’m ok”, without any exception for a single day. What is more, she even washed her clothes in the hospital. The main complaint was not to be able to consume food. She lost appetite for food mostly.

 

On the other hand, we saw much younger patients with impaired organs, dying. She witnessed three patients dying next to her, when we shifted to double-bed room later. Obviously their immune system was weak to fight disease. They become half dead simply by hearing the word “cancer”. This fear psychosis kills them before they are actually dead. We cannot blame them, because it is the common phobia about cancer current among the public: cancer is dangerous; cancer is deadly; cancer is incurable. To maintain a positive frame of mind when you are drowning in the sea of negativity is not an easy task. My wife kept floating under such dire circumstances.

 

Of course, the way I divulged the news might have cushioned the impact on her mind. To open up to her with the horrific news was a tough job for me. I was in a dilemma to tell or not to tell and how to tell. Against the advice of my relatives, casually I asked her, “Did you know that Suchitra Sen (a Bengali film actress) had blood cancer?”

 

“Yes, I knew. But she got cured.”

 

“Exactly; blood cancer doesn’t necessarily mean death”

 

“Of course”

 

Possibly, it was another factor to keep her confidence buoyant.

 

Most importantly we appreciate the treatment she received at the hospital. She was under the charge of the renowned oncologist Dr. Praveen Kumar Bansal. He always radiated hope and confidence in his patients. His diagnosis and procedure of treatment were the most vital part of her cure.

 

We heartily express our profound gratitude to the doctors and staff of the Dharamshila Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Delhi. And we can’t forget the selfless blood donors coming from Gurgaon, Ghaziabad and Faridabad, besides Noida and Delhi. Internet too, was a great boon to us for finding voluntary blood donors.

 

Mr. Nalinaksha Mutsuddi

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