CHITWAN, Nov 9: The BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital in Chitwan has launched a new service to detect different types of blood cancer.
Prior to this, the hospital had been sending most of the samples to India as well as to Kathmandu for cancer diagnosis. The hospital launched the 'flow cytometry' service after buying a machine for Rs 15 million, said Deputy-Director of the hospital, Dr Umesh Nepal.
Similarly, the hospital had sent a doctor and a technician to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, India, for training in order to operate the service.
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Executive Director of the hospital, Dr Shivaji Poudel said it used to take more than 15 days to get the report of the test earlier. Now, they are expecting test results within five days.
The launch of the new service at the hospital has also lowered the charge for the test to Rs 12,000 from over Rs 30,000. The hospital sources said it used to cost more as the samples had to be sent to India for tests. The availability of the 'flow cytometry' service at the hospital is expected to benefit the patients as many blood cancer patients opt for this hospital for its specialized treatment.
"Now, it has become easier to detect the types of blood cancer," said Executive Director Poudel, adding that the hospital is soon going to resume mammogram service which has been disrupted for a long time.
