HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd, The Specialist in Cancer Care, organized National Conference on Oncology Nursing, in Bangalore. The objective of this conference is to promote exchange of knowledge in nursing care management of the disease, highest standards of treatment, education at the multi disciplinary level among nurses, clinicians in oncology care. 300 nurses across India, participated in the conference.The event was inaugurated by Dr. G Kasthuri, Dean of Nursing, RGUHS.

Dr. G Kasthuri, Dean of Nursing, RGUHS, said, “In developed countries, oncology nursing is seen as area of specialization. The need of the hour in India, for nurses in oncology care is specialized training which will benefit immensely, as nurse’s play a great role in the health care delivery system.”

Dr. B S Ajaikumar, Chairman, HCG Group, said, “Nurses play a vital role in the multi disciplinary approach to cancer care patients. Effective specialized training, will help them in acquiring necessary skills in oncology care. Improving, standardization and education is important for nurses who are looking who are looking at onco nursing. This will help in optimal safe cancer care treatment to patients.”

Sino Thomas, Head of Nursing, HCG, said, “This conference will enable the participants to acquire knowledge on the scope of oncology nursing, get acquainted with emerging trends, improve patient communication skills and the quality of cancer care.”

Bangalore, November 16, 2010: HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), South Asia’s largest cancer care network pioneering treatment of highly complicated and recurrent cases of cancer among patients from across the globe, today announced the successful performance of first bloodless bone marrow transplant in Asia.

Curtis Carpenter, a 60 year old patient from the US, was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma of mantle cell type in the bone marrow. The patient, who initially underwent chemotherapy in New York, decided to come down to HCG as he could not find appropriate solution to his problem anywhere else. Also since he is a follower of Jehovah’s Witness, he refused blood transfusion.

Commenting on the Carpenter case, Dr Ajaikumar, Chairman,  HCG said, “Autologus Bone Marrow Transplant has been around for long. With reference to Carpenter’s case of lymphoma, the uniqueness of it is that we managed to do a BMT with out blood transfusion. Since the patient refused the same, we have provided a highly personalized care and this was possible by a team of experts headed by Dr. Radheshyam.”

Presenting the case, Dr Radheshyam Nayak, Head – Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, HCG, said, “BMT is a an intensive medical procedure where the patient is given high dose chemotherapy and is supported by either his own preserved bone marrow stem cells or histo-compatible allogenic bone marrow stem cell. We have achieved what was perceived to be impossible because the patient refused to take any allogenic blood or blood product transfusion. The challenge here was to maintain levels of Hb, WBC count and platelets by using a cocktail of growth factors and also manage bleeding episodes by using recombinant factor VII.”

Dr Radheshyam a pioneer in carrying out BMT, has successfully done more than 25 BMT till today & is credited with carrying out the first BMT in Karnataka.

Thanking HCG’s doctors for providing a revolutionary treatment, Carpenter said the autologous transplantation without blood transfusion addressed his sentiments. Impressed with the treatment modalities pursued by HCG and the professional commitment exhibited by the doctors here, he said, many patients from West look towards India as a preferred destination for complicated and serious disorders.

The only other centre in the world which does BMT – Bloodless, is the Centre for Bloodless Medicine at Pennsylvani .