Regional Cancer Center, Trivandrum SION Hospital, Mumbai AIIMS, New Delhi Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai PGIMER, Chandigarh Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Bilaspur Calicut Medical College, Calicut Christian Medical College, Vellore CanKids...KidsCan, New Delhi King George Medical College, Lucknow Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Gujarat PGIMS, Rohtak
Regional Cancer Center, Trivandrum This RCC is a comprehensive cancer center catering to the population of Kerala and the adjoining parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. They have an establisheds pediatric oncology ward seeing around 100 patients per day. Most Commonly seen cancers: 30% Acute Leukemia, 20% brain tumors and 10% lymphoma. All anti-cancer drugs are provided free of cost to poorer patients. The greatest need at this center was for addition of more Nurses, a Social Worker and a Data Manager dedicated to the pediatric oncology unit. Jiv Daya Foundation met the need. PROJECT DETAILS: Salary Support for One Junior Medical Officer Salary Support for Four Staff Nurses Salary Support for One Data Manager
Status and Impact: June 2008 - Present: 6 New Staff have been hired with JDF funds = 2 Doctors: Manjnusha Nair Abhiram Chandran 3 Nurses: Jaichtra M.V. Asha L.S. Dhanya Rai 1 Data Manager: Deepa S.
Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad NIMS is a hospital catering to 250 patients a year. Over 50% of cases seen are Leukmia in children. Until JDF intervened, these children were treated in the general cancer ward. With encouragement and assistance from JDF, the first area in the hospital was designated to be the new Childhood Cancer Ward. This space occupies 6 beds for children with cancer.
Project Details: Incremental salary support for 6 Nurses Salary support for One Social Worker Salary Support for One Data Manager Traveling Fellowship to observe pediatric oncology at TX Children's Hospital in Houston for 4 Junior Fellows
Status and Impact 5 Staff Provided Incremental Salary Support: 5 Nurses – Incremental support for existing nurses 1 Social Worker – Former volunteer now being paid on the project 1 Data Manager – Trained at Kidwai Institute of Oncology
Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai Over 1000 new patients present every year at Tata Memorial Hospital. At the start, TMH had 4 Oncologists on staff to treat all of these patients. In July 2008, The Foundation made a committment to provide salary support for 6 personnel dedicated to pediatric oncology care in the unit. With the help of our local champion, Dr. Brijesh Arora, this project is quickly making an impact on patient outcomes in Mumbai.
Details: Clinical Research Fellow for Hematology-Oncology Mailgnancies Infection control nurse Project Coordinator Nutritionist Data Manager Social Worker
Impact & Status: oProject Coordination Improvements: oManagement of ongoing leukemia protocols such as INCTR, MCP 841 ( P.I. Dr. Banavali) and low cost protocol (P.I..Dr. Kurkure)including; a) Record of patient accrual & follow up b) Counseling of the patient/parents (baseline & monthly basis) c) Data entry supervision d) Data analysis Nutritional Improvements: oClinical care: Nutritional assessment and advice using a newly devised form, and low-cost supplemental food recipes have been created by staff to combat malnutrition Data Management Improvements: oCollection of the data of all patients and its entry in the database on regular basis
Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital, SION, Mumbai Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College & General Hospital is a 1400 bedded, public tertiary care hospital with an attached medical college. It is run by the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The Pediatric wards (2 in no.) consist of 131 beds. The Division of Pediatric Hematology Oncology was established in the year 1986. They have both Indoor & Outdoor facilities. The objective of this division was to offer specialized care to all children upto 12 years of age, suffering from hematological & oncological disorders.
Project Details: Salary Support for 5 Nurses 1 Social Worker 1 Counselor 1 Secretary/Data Entry Operator 1 Field Worker Impact &Hiring Status: o3 nurses o1 counselor o1 Social Worker o1 Data Manager o1 Field Worker
Impact/improvements made :
a.General Nursing care of the patients has improved.
b.The counseling and addressing of social problems is better with the counselor and social worker dedicated to Pediatric Oncology patients alone.
c.Follow up is better and compliance with chemotherapy would therefore improve.
d.The records of address of patients and their contact numbers are maintained both by the social worker and the field worker. This would go a long way in retrieving the lost to follow ups.
e.The social worker is grooming to be able to help liasing with various NGOs, Trusts, Donors and Cancer Foundations to procure funding for cancer patients.
f.Awareness amongst patients has improved and they are understanding better than before that if appropriate treatment is taken, the child would do well and even get cured ultimately.
g.Due to regular and recurrent counseling sessions, the patients’ awareness regarding hygiene and personal cleanliness has improved.This would go along way in reducing chances of sepsis and infection.
Jan Swasthya Sahyog, Bilaspur Jan SwasthyaSahyog provides primary health care for rural Bilaspur, Chaattisgarh. They have been running a Community health program based on village-level women health workers for the past nine years. The referral center for this clinic caters to poor patients from more than 1500 villages, where family earnings are often less than a dollar a day. This Referral Health Center tackles problems as diverse as Tuberculosis (including MDR and XDR), leprosy, falciparum malaria, obstetric emergencies, sickle cell disease, severe soft tissue and bone and joint infections and empyema thoracis, to cancers for which chemotherapy and surgery are offered where indicated,as well as surgery for congenital and acquired conditions in newborn and childhood.
Project Details Salary Support for: 4 Nurses 1 Nurse Trainer 3 Field Workers Supportive Care services for primary care in the clinic.
Impact & Hiring Status: oStaff Support o4 Nurses o1 Nurse Trainer o3 Field Workers oSupportive Care oTreatment for Pediatric Oncology oSickle Cell Anemia o Obstetric Emergencies
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi We are providing support for the Research project “Pharmacokinetic and Toxicity profile of High Dose Methotrexate: Relationship with Serum Creatinine and MTHFR Polymorphisms in Indian Children.” This is especially relevant to India wherein MTX levels are not routinely available. Run by Dr. Sameer Bakhshi, he has been been managing high dose MTX in his patients without always having MTX levels and using creatinine as an indicator for MTX clearance. They are working to validate that and if validated could have an impact on usage of MTX in high doses in India wherein levels are not routinely available.
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