In Visakhapatnam, Healthcare Global Enterprises (HCG) launches its first cancer center located at the Andhra Pradesh Industrial infrastructure corporation (APIIC). The hospital is in association with Pinnacle Hospitals India. HCG is specialized in cancer care services with largest cancer care network.
It has latest offering in cancer care with multi-disciplinary services through specialist doctors in various fields (Medical, Surgical and Radiation Oncology and a team of experienced clinicians). The hospital avail cancer treatment with multi-specialty treatment in cardiology and other specialties. The hospital also ensures constant Quality control maintenance.
The hospital would have multi disciplinary treatment facilities like surgical, radiation and medical treatments. These treatments are like treatment methods followed in patients in the US hospitals. It is the only centre in Andhra Pradesh provided with revolutionary Flattening Free Filter, Stereotactic Body Radiation, 3DCRT, IMRT, IGRT, SBRT revolutionary technologies. This Radiotherapy Beam installation technology treats cancer specific tissue and not affecting the normal tissue around and also facilitates effective cancer diagnostics with 16 slice PET CT machine Discovery IQ from GE. There are recently new technology and tests have been discovered for cancer – New Liquid Biopsy Test for Breast Cancer.
Director Mr. Ragam Kishore (Pinnacle Hospitals India) was explaining about the facilities at the hospital that helped Hrudaya organization in Heart surgeries on children(below 3 years of age) and in Hyderabad they have performed 300 surgeries till date. He also said the facility would be provided soon in Visakhapatnam. Chairman B.S. Ajaikumar (HCG) said Visakhapatnam has the potential of becoming destination of medical tourism destination since it is a beautiful city and got good connectivity. About 20% of revenue of its Bangalore hospital is from foreign country.