AIIMS Jhajjar to provide high-end cancer treatment at affordable cost

"The donations that we get from our local community are so good, obviously supported by the enthusiasm of our colleagues who have been motivating them and it is very unusual for patients to need to donate blood for their relatives. They can focus on the care of their relatives and we look after the other aspects," he added.

Referring to the beds operationalised in hospital, he said, "We are currently operationalized to phase one, it was decided that this institution would be operationalized in phases, we have operationalized phase one, which was for 250 beds. We work far beyond that operationalization of 250 beds, but yes, to come to our total capacity will probably take another year."

The National Cancer Institute gets patients from states like Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, and Bihar. But almost 42 per cent of cases are from Haryana.

"We get patients from every state, but yes, primarily from North India. We have the majority of our patients from Haryana which is 42 per cent and also from Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi, Bihar and UP everywhere," Thakar said.

He further said that the hospital is treating patients from SAARC countries such as from Nepal and Bangladesh.

Dr Thakr informed that the most common cancers in India among females are breast cancer, and cervix cancer and in males, the commonest cancers are oral and lung cancer.

"Car T cell is one of the treatments that is required for selective patients. It has recently been developed. Yes, we would use that as and when required for our patients," he added.

The National Cancer Institute, AIIMS at Jhajjar has the latest machines for cancer treatment and advanced high-tech machines for testing and cancer detection.

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