In view of all these apprehensions, Dr. Suresh Rao the director of Mangalore Institute of Oncology gave a series of talks to empower the general population with appropriate knowledge on Daijiworld Tv 24×7, V4 News Live, Muktha News 24×7 and Namma Kudla 24×7. Dr. Rao addressed aspects like the risk of cancer patients likely to be infected with COVID-19; how to manage cancer treatment during COVID-19 pandemic; The type of treatment to be used to control cancer without increasing risk of COVID infection; the precautions and care to be taken by patients to prevent infection and development of COVID-19 during treatment of cancer, the guidelines to be followed by patients with cancer who develop symptoms associated with COVID-19; and to manage both treatment during worse situations.
The links to the talks and interviews can be accessed herewith.