KMC to provide ₹1L worth cancer screening for ₹29k
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.01.2019
Senior oncologist Dr V Shanta on Thursday inaugurated the onestop clinic for breast screening at Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital in the presence of at least five ministers including health minister C Vijayabaskar. The clinic built at a cost of ₹4.50crore will offer free digonistic services to women below poverty line to encourage them to get early diagnosis and screening.
“For women from other income groups, we offer it at a subsidised cost that is half the price for simple diagnosis and about a quarter for high-end services,” said KMCH chief radiologist Dr Devi Meenal.
For high-end services such as stereo guided VAB extraction of micro calcification, KMCH will charge ₹29,500 against ₹1 lakh by private hospitals and scan centres. While screening mammogram at the hospital will cost ₹1,000 against up to ₹4,000 at private hospitals, core needle biopsies will cost ₹3,030 against ₹10,000 in the private sector.
As per the National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research breast cancer accounts for 14% of all cancers in women. “In the last 10 years, it is the most common cancer among women,” Vijayabaskar said.
Four women ministers — V Saroja (social welfare), Nilofer Kafeel (labour), V M Rajalakshmi (Adi Dravida welfare) and S Valarmathi (backward classes) — were also present.
The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art devices, including 3D digital mammogram and contrast mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions as small as 4mm.“We will be able to pick up lesions at a very early stage,” said Dr Vasanthamani.
The clinic is equipped with a 3D digital mammogram and contrast mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions that are as small as 4mm
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:04.01.2019
Senior oncologist Dr V Shanta on Thursday inaugurated the onestop clinic for breast screening at Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital in the presence of at least five ministers including health minister C Vijayabaskar. The clinic built at a cost of ₹4.50crore will offer free digonistic services to women below poverty line to encourage them to get early diagnosis and screening.
“For women from other income groups, we offer it at a subsidised cost that is half the price for simple diagnosis and about a quarter for high-end services,” said KMCH chief radiologist Dr Devi Meenal.
For high-end services such as stereo guided VAB extraction of micro calcification, KMCH will charge ₹29,500 against ₹1 lakh by private hospitals and scan centres. While screening mammogram at the hospital will cost ₹1,000 against up to ₹4,000 at private hospitals, core needle biopsies will cost ₹3,030 against ₹10,000 in the private sector.
As per the National Institute of Cancer Prevention Research breast cancer accounts for 14% of all cancers in women. “In the last 10 years, it is the most common cancer among women,” Vijayabaskar said.
Four women ministers — V Saroja (social welfare), Nilofer Kafeel (labour), V M Rajalakshmi (Adi Dravida welfare) and S Valarmathi (backward classes) — were also present.
The clinic is equipped with state-of-the-art devices, including 3D digital mammogram and contrast mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions as small as 4mm.“We will be able to pick up lesions at a very early stage,” said Dr Vasanthamani.
The clinic is equipped with a 3D digital mammogram and contrast mammogram for screening and diagnosing lesions that are as small as 4mm
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