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Updated Feb 08, 2021 | 12:35 IST
The data also showed that 426 surgeries were performed between April and November when the national capital suffered three surges of Coronavirus cases. Cancer surgeries at AIIMS witness 30 per cent drop amid pandemic peak | Photo Credit: iStock Images
New Delhi: The arrival of Covid-19 pandemic in March last year left thousands of cancer patients - both within and those coming from outside the national capital - without early medical intervention and timely treatment of the disease since most of the tertiary care hospitals were converted into dedicated Covid care facilities.
At a time when super speciality hospitals had to completely restrict their cancer care services, the treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi continued, albeit, with a significant drop.
The arrival of Covid-19 pandemic in March last year left thousands of cancer patients - both within and those coming from outside the national capital - without early medical intervention and timely treatment of the disease since most of the .