Benefits of chemo port devices to cancer patients highlighted
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 20 2022:
A chemoport insertion workshop was conducted today at Babina Specialty Hospital at Khabeisoi.
The workshop was organised by the American Oncology Institute in collaboration with Babina Diagnostics Private Limited.
The workshop was organised to familiarise the basic approach and techniques on.
how to insert chemo port in cancer patients.
Chemo ports are devices in the big nerves of cancer patients who need chemotherapy treatments in cases when it becomes difficult to find nerves in hand or other parts owing to frequent chemotherapy sessions.
Speaking to this reporter of TSE, Dr Dhanabir Thangjam, Consultant, Surgical Oncology of American Oncology Institute, Imphal said that chemo port devices have reduced the problems of finding nerves for chemotherapy sessions among cancer patients to a large extent.
He further informed that apart from conducting the chemo port insertion workshop, chemo ports have been inserted to three patients for free of cost including a three year old child.
Dr Dhanabir further said that owing to lack of awareness regarding the benefits of chemo port devices, the people in the State consider the process as a complicated one however it is a simple process which has been done frequently in other States of the country.
But the situation is also gradually changing in Manipur with more people opting for chemo port insertion.
Last year, chemo ports were inserted to around 50 patients in the State while around 30 patients have opted for chemo port insertion till date this year, he added.
He also stated that the device can also be removed after the chemotherapy treatment is done.