In many cases chemotherapy involves patients walking long distances, often occupying a whole day for an hour or two treatment, and because patients are generally not well enough to travel alone, a relationship or a friend need to accompany them. Day treatment become shipments, bringing with them worry and stress for the patient and companion.
Chemotherapy drugs shall be prepared individually about 24 hours before the treatment and must be chilled to administered by specially trained personnel. For this reason, it has always been necessary for people with cancer do travel to hospitals specialist Oncology treatment.
For most patients, adds greatly natural apprehension and unease, but until recently the cost and practical travel excluded any alternative.
Aware of the added strain and debilitating that travel vast effect had on patients in 2008, for the first time anywhere in the world, a sophisticated mobile chemotherapy treatment operation was led by one of the departments of Oncology of the British National Health Service of.
A new prototype vehicle specially equipped for the rigorous medical specifications and operated by qualified medical personnel travelled to eliminate the stress of travel by providing chemotherapy nearly in the homes of people with cancer in the United Kingdom three counties. A few months, the concept has been praised a resounding by patients and medical oncology success.
Cancer patients, which many had previously spent a whole day running to and from hospital, now have a few miles of travel. In contrast to the hectic atmosphere, sometimes preventing hospital, those who suffer from cancer found quiet atmosphere pleasant and relaxing mobile unit, reported that the experience has completely transformed for the better their attitude to chemotherapy treatments.
And the hospital too. Although the Department of Oncology deploys fully qualified nurses responsible for all aspects of the medical treatment to the mobile unit, the benefits of the hospital to have fewer patients to attend daycare at the.
Mobile chemotherapy treatment experience was such a success that a second unit came into service in December 2010. Two other units currently under construction and at the beginning of treatment of patients with cancer in 2011. Are to follow.
Most forms of cancer can be treated on mobile units of chemotherapy and because the concept to bring treatment to patients home reduces the anxiety that goes with the long hours of travel, there is little doubt this method of cancer treatment will become more common in the future.
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