MASSH offers free 5 women cancer surgery every year
Doing its bit to help breast cancer afflicted poor women, Minimal Access Smart Surgery Hospital (MASSH), a Super Speciality Hospital, Delhi, has offered free cancer surgery for 5 women every year . This was stated by Hanish Bansal, Chairman and Executive Director, MASSH Hospital on the International Women's Day on March 10. It also announced the launch of its Department of Oncology on the occasion. Dr. Sachin Ambekar, Director - Minimal Access Surgery & Medical Director at the Hospital added that while out of every 100 cancer patients in India, 51 are women, more than 6.85 lakh females die every year due to breast cancer across the world. "Breast cancer stands out as the most common cancer among Indian women, constituting approximately 27% of all cancers diagnosed in women. Cervical cancer closely follows, accounting for around 13% of cancers among Indian women. “Early detection and screening of cancer is crucial, as many cancers have a high chance of cure if diagnosed and treated promptly. The risk factors include advancing age, family history, obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption. In breast cancers there is high incidence due to inherited gene mutations (BRCA1 and BRCA2).
Lady Hardinge Medical College celebrates 107th Annual Day
President Droupadi Murmu has urged the medical fraternity to adopt an integrated approach of ‘one health’ to address various challenges.
“New experiments being done in synthetic biology and new techniques like CRISPR gene editing are proving helpful in finding solutions to problems that have persisted for centuries. But the problem of misuse of these technologies also remains,” she said during her address at the 107th annual day and convocation ceremony of Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC), Delhi.
The President expressed confidence that the medical fraternity will work with ethics and high values in their professional life and try to solve all the problems with the integrated approach of ‘one health’. She commended LHMC for its initiatives in healthcare, including its registration as an Organ Transplant Retrieval Centre and its efforts in pact with other institutions on projects such as Blood Bag Delivery under the iDrone Initiative.
Robotic arms save tongue cancer patient
Samarpal Singh(67), who was diagnosed with tongue cancer was initially treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in his native town Meerut, but his cancer recurred and grew larger. Traditional methods of treatment became inadequate. He took advise from doctors at Fortis Hospital, Noida in January 2024. A statement by the Hospital said that under the care of oncologist Dr. Aruj Dhyani and Dr. Shubham Garg, the Director of Surgical Oncology at the hospital, robotic surgery was offered due to the complexity of the case.
The robotic arms efficiently removed the tumor from the difficult location, preserving his tongue and restoring his ability to eat, drink, and speak.
