Cancer treatment is a long and complex process and it can be stressful to both the patient and their family members. Saiman Healthcare in collaboration with Dr AV Healthcare provides the best cancer care at home & also offers a comprehensive cancer care plan for chemotherapy, immunotherapy & target therapy. Before the therapy at home, our team of oncologist, critical care physicians and critical care/oncology nurses review the health history, keeps a record and tracks pathological, laboratory and imaging studies, assesses and monitors emotional and physical status and carries out regular communication with the patient and family members.
After taking informed consent from the patient/attendant, we share the protocol of chemotherapy with the team. Chemotherapy/immunotherapy/targeted therapy medicines delivered at patient’s place with maintenance of cold chain. Our trained and certified nurses which are supervised by our oncologist visit the patient’s place with all emergency drugs carrying with them. Our nurses follow the same protocol of pre-medication and infusion of chemotherapy/immunotherapy/targeted therapy. We have a dedicated Dr Garg’s eSMART ICU command centre, backed by a team of qualified and trained clinical professionals and a strong tech-based system for monitoring of patient during entire therapy. Our nurses take vitals on frequent intervals and enter in to clinical software, which is accessible 24X7 by clinical team. Our nurses are also well versed to manage patient’s pain by analgesics pills, patches, suppositories or injections.
How did You come up with this service in Delhi NCR and when? Saiman Healthcare saw a big gap in “Home Healthcare” as there are numerous commercial home healthcare companies in the market and none of them are backed up by strong clinical team. We are already pioneer in providing “Critical Care Specialist Driven” world class Medical Services @Home to its patients since almost 3 years. Critical care team of Saiman Healthcare collaborated with highly skilled team of Dr AV Healthcare to provide chemotherapy, immunotherapy & target therapy at home since almost two years.
Why are Delhiites opting this service? A perfect home sows the seed of love and care. There’s nothing like staying home for real comfort. Not even Delhiites, lot of other patients in different cities are also liking the concept because of real comfort, affordable price, flexibility and ease of payment, dedicated team of qualified and trained clinical professionals and a strong tech-based system for monitoring of patient during entire therapy.
Is this a new trend? Saiman Healthcare was already providing “Critical Care Specialist Driven” world class Medical Services @Home to its patients since almost 3 years, but definitely numbers were not encouraging. Covid has come up as blessing in disguise. We lost lot of people, especially in 2nd wave, but they taught us how we can treat patients at home. Trend of “Home Healthcare” went up after the 2nd wave of Covid whether it’s ICU Care @Home/chemotherapy/pathology & imaging services/physiotherapy/dialysis etc.
How many people in Delhi have availed it so far? We have given chemotherapy, immunotherapy & target therapy in 100+ patients in Delhi NCR.
Has it increased post the Covid pandemic? I discussed previously also that Covid has come up as blessing in disguise. Calls of patient’s attendants requiring Homecare services/chemotherapy, immunotherapy & target therapy have significantly increased especially after 2nd wave.
How much does it cost? Cost depends on the disease/diagnosis of cancer, patients general condition and the required therapy e.g. chemotherapy/immunotherapy or targeted therapy. However, cost is definitely 50% lesser than the hospital cost.
Is the service only for people in Delhi NCR? Absolutely no. Initially this service was restricted to tier-1 cities only, but now rapidly expanding to tier-2 & tier-3 cities also. Saiman Healthcare with Dr AV Healthcare has recently expanded to Siliguri (West Bengal).
What are the advantages and disadvantages of it? As far back as 1989, researchers recognized the potential benefits of treating cancers at home. Home based treatment of cancer relieved distress from symptoms and helps patients keep their independence longer. There is no increased risk of complications in the home-treated patients, and outcomes are similar. However, home based treatment of cancer is more cost-effective compared to hospital-based care. Probability of hospital acquired infection becomes almost negligible at home.
Practically we don’t face any challenges of home-based chemotherapy. All the acute reaction are easily manageable with dedicated team of qualified and trained clinical professionals and a strong tech-based system for monitoring of patient during entire therapy.
Has the government issued guidelines related to this service? We are strongly waiting for the guidelines to come up. We have approached accreditation bodies for making protocol and guidelines for Home Healthcare and we are ready to share our SOP’s and protocols to make it smooth. How does home care service works? Many commercial companies who provide Home Healthcare service think that providing Home Healthcare is as simple as sending a nurse for elderly care. Our team of Saiman Healthcare has highly experienced critical care/oncology/others super specialist team under one roof. We work in a systemic way:
What are the different kind of chemo therapies which can work at home. Please share doctor’s quote as well on this
There are different types of cancer treatment which can work at home e.g. oral chemotherapy, injectable chemotherapy, antibody drug conjugate, target therapy, hormonal therapy and immunotherapy.
