Sahara Hospital Collaborates with Roentgen Oncologic Solutions to set-up high end Radiation Oncology Center

Already offering Medical and Surgical Oncology, Sahara Hospital with the state-of-the-art Radiation Oncology Center will become the first total Cancer Care Center in the region

Lucknow, October 27, 2010: Sahara Hospital, the multi-disciplinary, super-speciality, Tertiary Care hospital, today, signed a Joint Collaboration Agreement with M/s Roentgen Oncologic Solutions to set up a state-of-the-art Radiation Oncology Center at the Hospital. Sahara Hospital’s Cancer Department which already has Medical and Surgical Oncology speciality, with the set up of the Radiation Oncology Center, will be able to provide a cost effective and complete range of treatments to Cancer patients at Lucknow for which they had to travel to cities like Mumbai or Delhi. ‘Sahara – Roentgen Radiation Oncology Center’, as the center will be called, will provide a complete array of latest radiation treatments to cancer patients including, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT), Stereotactic Radiation Therapy (SRT), CT Simulation, Digital Portal Imaging and HDR Brachytherapy.
The center aims to provide the most comprehensive and advanced radiation oncology care to cancer patients by specially trained radiation oncologists that are skilled in a wide range of standard and emerging treatments and at the same time will ensure that quality and personalised care is given every patient. The experience of the medical team comprising of the trained specialists, will blend with the latest technology, resulting in better outcome for the patients.
The latest range of equipment at the Sahara – Roentgen Radiation Oncology Center together with the techniques adopted by specialists to treat tumors with pinpoint accuracy, will eliminate most of the side effects that accompany radiation treatment, thereby, ensuring that tumors get the most effective dose while healthy tissues and organs are spared. The equipment that will be installed in the center will include a dual energy linear accelerator that yields treatment times that are shorter, making the overall experience of the patient more comfortable and relaxed. The precision will allow the specialists to spare healthy tissues, to an extent that was unimaginable only a few years ago. In addition, high dose rate brachytherapy shall provide conformal radiotherapy for gynecological cancers, and cancers of breast, esophagus, bronchus, nasopharynx, etc.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. H.P. Kumar, Director – Medical Health, Sahara Hospital, said, “With the upcoming Sahara – Roentgen Radiation Oncology Center and the already operational Medical & Surgical Oncology Department, Sahara Hospital is all set to become a first full-fledged and complete Cancer Treatment Hospital in the region, apart from Delhi and Mumbai”. He further added, “Sahara Hospital, with its world class mix of advance technology and experienced faculty, is becoming a life-saving destination for many critical cases. A 100 bedded critical care system with ample number of ventilators and all the Intensive Care monitoring systems, staffed by intensivists, trauma trained nursing staff and technicians which are available 24 X 7, epitomizes our motto of ;Curing through Care’ in true action and spirit”.