‘Kharghar hospital will have 35 beds for bone marrow transplants’
The upcoming new cancer hospital in Kharghar will push up the paediatric bed capacity to over 100 along with better facilities of life-saving bone marrow transplants.
Dr Shripad Banavali,
director, academics,
tata memorial hospital EVERY YEAR the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) in Parel gets an average of 2,200 new paediatric patients. Nearly 70-80 percent of the patients get diagnosed with blood cancer. But the restricted bed availability is the biggest roadblock in their treatment. However, the upcoming new cancer hospital in Kharghar will push up the paediatric bed capacity to over 100 along with better facilities of life-saving bone marrow transplants. RUPSA CHAKRABORTY spoke with Dr SHRIPAD BANAVALI, who is the director of academics at TMH about the paediatric cancer patients.
What are the main challenges in the treatment care of paediatric cancer patients?
The paediatric cancer patients due to their low immunity become vulnerable to contracting infections. So, it is imperative that they get the required treatment on time. Every year, on an average, we get around 2,200 new cancer patients. But we don’t have enough beds for them which is the biggest challenge for us. Currently, we have around 80 beds —of which 45 beds are in TMH and Kharghar centre has 2 beds and we have around 15 more beds in the private set ups. But we need over 50 more beds. However, with the start of the new hospital in Kharghar, we would be able to stretch the bed strength to over 100 and can add if required.
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