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The whole world is witnessing the Corona virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. India is having presently 5,08,953 cases of COVID -19 and 15,685 patients deaths as on 25th June 2020 and the total number of cases in Jharkhand, a state in the eastern zone of the country is 2,207 with 11 deaths [1]. Since the detection of 1st case on 29th January 2020 in India, there was nationwide fear, as we were observing the fatalities per day in other countries like China, Italy, the US, etc [2]. Subsequently, In India complete lockdown was announced from 25th March 2020. There was high fear among hospital personnel being at the risk of catching an infection while taking care of the patients, and there have been reports of infection and deaths of many health care workers while delivering their duties [3]. In Jharkhand, our tertiary care facility also followed the health advisory and suspended outdoor facilities, cancelled routine surgeries, and started teleconsultation to decrease the overcrowding of patients and attendants in the hospital to decrease the risk to one and all, however, emergency services were available for all. With this step, patients’ footfall to hospital decreased but simultaneously in the oncology setting it was quite challenging as this would upstage the disease in many patients. So, prioritizing strategies were made to combat this challenge to have the best possible management of cancer patients. Also, there are reports of high fatality in patients having cancer and other co-morbid conditions like diabetes mellitus, hypertension, chronic kidney disease [4]. Our hospital has a dedicated separate block for COVID patients’ diagnosis and management. All patients coming for oncology consultation were sent for COVID-19 screening in the hospital. A thermal screening of all patients was done before allowing their entry to Oncology building. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for COVID-19 was done in cancer patients as per DOI:10.31557/APJCC.2020.5.S1.121

Cancer Care Challenges in COVID-19 Pandemic: A prospective from Tertiary Cancer Centre in Eastern India