tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872995750381642087.post6673249203788797519..comments2023-10-22T19:03:17.228+08:00Comments on datelinedavao: Davao Medical Center refuses admission to cancer, TB patientUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872995750381642087.post-75355912417441503772009-03-30T17:59:00.000+08:002009-03-30T17:59:00.000+08:00Hindi basta basta na ina-admit ang patients with c...Hindi basta basta na ina-admit ang patients with cancer at DMC. They have to undergo a long process of laboratory work up including biopsy if indicated. If they will be admitted to the hospital, knowing that they have immunosuppression, they can easily get nosocomial infections easily like pneumonia which could be fatal. <BR/><BR/>So, a laboratory workup at the Outpatient department is the first thing to do, there it has less chance of getting infections. It shall also determine the extend of the cancer whether they have already metastasized to other parts of the organ and the type therapy the patient will get. From the news article, it seems that the patient is very immunosuppressed because of the TB infection. <BR/><BR/>Cancer patients need a solo room and DMC doesn't have any facilities with that. If family insist to admit the patient because they came from very far provinces, they could be combined with other patients. Some of patients may have pneumonia or tuberculosis. If they stay too long at the Emergency Room, chances of infection are very high since not all patients at the ER are treated or medicated. Thats why we recommend patients to wear mask and watchers to do proper handwashing. <BR/><BR/>Once the laboratory work up are already in and if chemotherapy is in need thats the time that patients are admitted but not for a week but just for a day just to monitor the complications of chemotherapy because chemotherapeutic agents kill also normal cells in the body and lessening the chance of hospital acquired infections. <BR/><BR/>I hope that I have shed a light on this matter because its a little unfair for the hospital and the people working there. <BR/><BR/>http://marcopolo.i.phmarkpaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444137914937198426noreply@blogger.com