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The Bhabhatron II, acquired with the help of the grant-in-aid from the Department of Atomic Energy, started treating patients from 23rd August 2008 and as of 31st December 2009, 636 patients had received treatment on it. Of this, 23 were treated completely free while partial charity was offered to 243 patients. In monetary terms, the charity works out to 22.15%.

From August 15, 1995 (the day we started offering radiotherapy treatment) to December 31, 2009, we have offered treatment to 3689; of which 1241 (33.64%) were treated completely free of charge while partial waiver was given to 866 (23.47%).

Till 28.2.1999, all patients were treated free of cost. From March 1, 1999, the Board of Permanent Trustees decided to start a graded system of charges - from completely free treatment for the very poor patients to full charges from the patients who can afford it. Given the socio-economic conditions in India, we strictly follow the principle of never denying treatment to a patient because s/he does not have the necessary funds and patients who are not able to pay are offered either partial waiver of the fees or completely free radiotherapy.  A significant number of our patients belong to the lower income group and come from the rural and tribal areas.

 

Dr. Francois Demard, well known cancer surgeon from France, examining a patient treated by the Foundation doctors.
 
Dr. Vikram Bhadrasain examining a patient treated at the Indian Institute of Head & Neck Oncology.

We believe that peer review is an important source for continuous improvement and share treatment - related data with the eminent, internationally recognised experts who visit the Foundation.

From June 2000, we offer heavily subsidized accommodation facility at our dharamshala, for patients not wanting to do the daily commute for the 6 weeks of radiotherapy treatment. This dharamshala was constructed thanks to the efforts of the Lions Club of Indore Mahanagar.

So far more than 481 patients and their families availed of our dharamshala facilities while they were undergoing the 6 weeks of radiotherapy at our Institute, some of these were offered this facility free of charge while there was partial waiver of charges for some others.

In June 2009, we constructed a small kitchen facility for the patients living in the dharamshala.

Surgery

All patients seen at the camps are offered free surgery, if that is the identified line of treatment. More than 2005 free surgeries (including laryngectomy, commando, radical mastectomy and complicated reconstructive surgery) have been performed on such camp cases. Our team of doctors has performed a majority of the operations at the Mission Hospital, Indore. The patient or the local sponsoring agency has to bear the cost of travel and hospital, including the cost of medicines, while the doctors offer their services free.

Since the year 2000, we have also organized surgical camps with the help of the district administrations. These camps were held at the district cancer hospitals and the entire operation theatre facilities were placed at the disposal of our team. The local surgeons assisted during the surgeries, this facilitated the post-operative care of the patients.

The major learning has been that if the local doctor is offered adequate training, then it is possible to carry out the diagnostic investigations at the local level, it is also possible to do some of the major surgeries here. This ensures earlier detection and also lower cost of treatment. With this objective in mind, we have conducted demonstrative surgeries and designed training programmes in early detection.

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