The physicians in this section specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer including the use of the use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy and immunotherapy to provide precision and personalized treatment of malignant diseases.​

Palliative care is a medical specialty that focuses on comfort, relief of symptoms, and clarifying patient’s treatment goals. It can be offered concurrently with other medical therapies for any seriously ill patient with any disease or condition, particularly when there are physical, psycho-social, or spiritual complications.

The main aim is to treat the patient’s symptoms, provide supportive care while understanding the patient’s aspirations and goals. It also ensures that patients and their families are fully informed of the diagnosis and the likely outcomes in a timely, sensitive and appropriate manner. Palliative care involves treating the patient’s pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, loss of appetite, difficulty in breathing and many others.

Patients requiring palliative care services can be attended to through referral by their primary doctor and book an appointment or as walk-ins.

The chemotherapy unit is manned by highly trained staff proficient in the administration of chemotherapy and other anti-cancer agents.  The unit is linked with a specialty pharmacy equipped with the technology and staff to prepare these life-saving anti-cancer drugs.

The treatment suite is equipped with 12 reclining seats for patients' comfort. The length of stay for treatments is between half hour to eight hours, depending on the type of treatment. The daily administration of chemotherapy and other cancer treatments allows patients to go home the same day after the infusion. ​​

​​This unit is designed to meet the unique requirements of these patients.

Most cancer treatment can be administered safely and efficiently in the outpatient setting.  However, some treatments require a continuous infusion of chemotherapy medication over many days. And often, some of our patient are too sick to be able to receive their treatment in the outpatient setting.  Or patients may have to be admitted for infection, low blood counts or side effects of their cancer. Such patients require to be managed by specially trained team of health care provides, and observing all precautions necessary for the care of the immunocompromised cancer patients.

​Our six bed unit is the beginning, to provide our hospitalized cancer patients with 24/7 dedicated care from a health care team that is specially trained and equipped to meet the complex physical and psychosocial needs of our cancer patient.  When census exceed our specialty unit’s capacity, cancer patients are often admitted to the medical or private ward for their treatment.​

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Palliative care is a medical specialty that focuses on comfort, relief of symptoms, and clarifying patient’s treatment goals. It can be offered concurrently with other medical therapies for any seriously ill patient with any disease or condition, particularly when there are physical, psycho-social, or spiritual complications.

The main aim is to treat the patient’s symptoms, provide supportive care while understanding the patient’s aspirations and goals. It also ensures that patients and their families are fully informed of the diagnosis and the likely outcomes in a timely, sensitive and appropriate manner. Palliative care involves treating the patient’s pain, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, weight loss, loss of appetite, difficulty in breathing and many others.

Patients requiring palliative care services can be attended to through referral by their primary doctor and book an appointment or as walk-ins.