Coronavirus Precautions For Cancer Patients by Dr. Sandeep Nayak (Cancer Specialist)
MBBS | MRCS (Edin) | DNB (Gen Surg) | DNB (Surgical Oncology)
MNAMS | Fellowship in Laparoscopic and Robotic Onco-Surgery
Director, Department of Surgical Oncology,
Fortis Cancer Institute, Bangalore
Cancer Patients are extremely vulnerable to coronavirus infection and should avoid any social interaction. Dr. Sandeep Nayak, Cancer Specialist from Bangalore talks about the risks and Coronavirus precautions for cancer patients.
As the world is threatened with coronavirus pandemic, cancer patients who are extremely vulnerable to the infection are advised to stay at home with minimal and no social interaction. As the country goes for 21 days lockdown, to facilitate cancer patients, online consultations have been opened.
Risk Of Coronavirus
- The problem with coronavirus is that it is infecting people with lower immunity or more health complications.
- Such patients also include cancer patients, as they have much lower immunity as compared to common public and complication which are related to this coronavirus infection are excessively high in them. Therefore, I would recommend them to not to rush to the hospital but use the technology and do online consultation with me.
Coronavirus: Precautions For Cancer Patients
- In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, there is a worldwide advisory to avoid unnecessary social interaction, consultation, and medical procedures, which are not emergency.
This social distancing is necessary to save yourself and your loved one from this pandemic. - A diagnosis of cancer involves a lot of anxiety, but, remember it is never an emergency. It is very rarely an emergency so I do not recommend anyone to rush to the hospital for treatment.
- You can opt for online consultation. For my patients, I would recommend using online consultations.
- In case of follow up in cancer, it is not an emergency and can be done at a later date and a month delay won’t cause any effect on the result.
- All the patients must follow this and save themselves and society.
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