Jakarta –
Eka Hospital presents the Immunocompromised Isolation Room (ICIR), a special isolation room for blood cancer patients. This room is to ensure the safety of blood cancer (leukemia) patients who are on chemotherapy for aggressive treatment.
ICIR is a positive pressure sterile isolation room specifically designed for the chemotherapy treatment process in blood cancer patients, thereby avoiding the risk of infection from viruses, bacteria and fungi. The use of the ICIR room can help patients avoid the risk of contracting other disease infections when the body is vulnerable after the chemotherapy process.
Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Eka Hospital Group drg. Rina Setiawati explained that the ICIR room is one of the services needed when someone is undergoing blood cancer treatment. The ICIR room is not only for patients undergoing chemotherapy, but can also be used as a transplant room.
“The difference with isolation rooms in general is that this is a room for decreased immunity for patients who are undergoing chemotherapy, so the room is special and completely sterile,” said drg. Rina in a written statement, Thursday (9/3/2023).
drg. Rina Setiawati added that with the completeness of tools and technology that will be owned by ETWCC, Eka Hospital Group is ready to help Indonesian patients seek treatment at home so that Eka Hospital will also reduce the rate of patients going abroad.
Meanwhile, Medical Oncology Hematology Consultant Specialist Doctor DR. dr. Cosphiadi Irawan said blood cancer patients with aggressive chemotherapy are treated in the ICIR treatment room to avoid the risk of viral, bacterial and fungal infections because aggressive chemotherapy can reduce the body’s immune system.
As an isolation room for blood cancer patients and for transplants, ICIR is equipped with positive pressure air filtration using a HEPA filter, resulting in low quality air and rooms with pathogenic germ particles according to standards from the Ministry of Health.
In addition, this room is also equipped with an air conditioning system that can guarantee the sterility of the room with the mechanism of heating, ventilation and air conditioning or commonly known as HVAC.
During intensive care in ICIR, patients will receive close monitoring. Patients will undergo treatment preparations, including supporting examinations and consultations with relevant specialists to ensure there is no infection.
Blood tests, administration of drugs and intravenous fluids, body hygiene, exercises and body stretching are routinely carried out during treatment, and blood transfusions will be carried out if needed.
Chairman of Eka Tjipta Widjaja Cancer Center (ETWCC) Dr. dr. Sonar Soni Panigoro, Sp.B(K)Onk., M.Epid., MARS also explained that as a cancer service center, in the future ETWCC will continue to use modern and sophisticated technology and comprehensive tools in handling procedures for treating cancer patients.
Starting from early detection such as Anatomical Pathology (PA) examination with same day results which will speed up the diagnosis of cancer. In addition, the use of Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Scan and Genetic Testing is to increase the validity of the detection of cancer cells in the body.
Integrated blood cancer services for patients belonging to the three major blood cancer groups such as Leukemia, Lymphoma and Multiple Myeloma are also available at Eka Hospital.
It is difficult and expensive to treat blood cancer, so not all hospitals in Indonesia, even in big cities on the island of Java, such as Jakarta, are able to do it.
However, Eka Hospital provides integrated services with sophisticated facilities and infrastructure as well as a team of doctors consisting of various disciplines who are members of a solid Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) with professional human resources.
In addition, as a form of improving its services, especially for cancer patients, Eka Hospital will present proton therapy, namely external radiation therapy using high-energy protons to shrink tumors and kill cancer cells.
Proton therapy is a treatment for cancer patients in reducing side effects that are commonly experienced in conventional radiotherapy. This system works by shooting a beam of protons right at the tumor site, where these particles release their energy without hitting the rest of the body.
Compared to other treatment methods, such as chemotherapy or even surgical removal of cancer, proton therapy is much safer and provides a better quality of life for patients during radiation therapy.
(Content Promotion/Eka Hospital)
