Bengaluru: Seeking to provide relief to cancer patients who travel from across the state to avail treatment, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology (KMIO) has decided to admit them as in-patients until their final health reports are issued.
This was officially implemented from Friday. Earlier, patients received accommodation and meals at KMIO’s dharmashala, but minister for medical education Sharan Prakash Patil said they could be admitted as in-patients whenever beds are available. “If beds are occupied, they can then be accommodated in the dharmashala,” he said. Final reports can take up to two days, hence a consent form will be provided to those who wish to be admittedin this period.