The director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, Ravi Kant has said that Cancer is fast becoming an epidemic in India and combined team efforts are required to control this menace. He was addressing a workshop on the Oral cancer organised by the Cancer surgery department on Wednesday. The Senior Cancer Surgeon, Dr Pankaj Garg said that the cancer surgery department performed more than 1000 cancer surgeries in last two years and is committed to provide all types of surgeries to the cancer patients. The Head of department (HoD) of Radiation Oncology, Dr Manoj Gupta informed that AIIMS Rishikesh is trying to establish an exclusive tower for cancer patients. On the first day of the two day workshop on Wednesday, the experts gave presentation to the trainee surgeons about surgical techniques and surgery related problems and how they can be treated.
In the workshop, Dr Swagnik Chakraborty of Tata Memorial Center, Varanasi and Dr Hariram of King George Medical University KGMU Lucknow shared their experiences with the trainees. Around 30 trainees from various disciplines attended the workshop.