The accreditation was presented during 6th ESMO World Congress at Barcelona, Spain
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), a European professional organisation for medical oncology, has presented Cytecare Hospitals in Bengaluru with ESMO accreditation as a Designated Centre of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care. The accreditation was presented during the 6th ESMO World Congress at Barcelona, Spain in September 2019.
The ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care accreditation programme was initiated in 2003 to recognise cancer centres that achieve a high standard of integration of medical oncology and palliative care. The ESMO accreditation is valid for three years.
Speaking about the recognition, Suresh Ramu, Co-Founder and CEO, Cytecare Hospitals said, “We are honoured to receive the ESMO certification, which is granted only to outstanding oncology centres in the world. As India’s first organ-site focussed oncology care private hospital, Cytecare is founded on the principle of ‘Fighting Cancer the Right Way’. We have an oncology team comprising of world-class cancer specialists, renowned for their holistic approach to a group of diseases that can be cured, if diagnosed and treated on time. Our practice is strongly in line with the following four pillars- Organ site focussed and specialist Oncologists, Standardised Global Guidelines and Tumour Board, Patient-centric culture and Clinical Research. For us, each patient is unique, as is their treatment journey. Our mission is to make India a global cancer care destination by creating a network of centres excellence across the country.”
Dr Raghavendra, Senior Consultant- Pain & Palliative Care, Cytecare Hospitals, said, “Providing comprehensive care to cancer patients has been our ethos from the day of our inception. We have adopted a holistic and patient centric approach rather than focussing only on cancer treatment. This approach has been proved beneficial worldwide; and not only improves the quality of life but also allows patients to undergo treatment and thus improving longevity of life. This kind of patient centric interdisciplinary care which ranges from simple pain management, psychology services, rehabilitation services, onco-nutritional support, mind body medicine and home care support services is a rarity to find under one oncological institute.”