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.

Right now, radiotherapy is offered on an outpatient basis and patients are provided transportation from Indore to the Institute and back (a total distance of approx. 26 km.).

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 350 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.

Surgery

All patients seen at the camps are offered free surgery, if that is the identified line of treatment. More than 1686 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.

For the last 7 years, 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.