The Importance of Nutrition in Cancer Prevention & Treatment

Encouraging words from a Breast Cancer Survivor

Dr. Kuljinder Singh Behgal

He completed his MBBS from Govt. Medical Collage Patiala in December 1993, followed by MD in Radiotherapy from AIIMS, Delhi form 1995 to 1997. This was followed by senior-residency till 1999.

During this period he cleared DNB (radiotherapy) and has to his credit 9 publications of which 4 are in International Journals.

; He was part of the historical NOLVADEX international trial (Roche) and presented the results in Geneva in 1998. He started his practice in Chandigarh in 2000 as a Palliative Oncologist. In 2007 he was the first Indian Individual without any external support to set up a radiation unit attached to a Multispecialty Hospital-Siemen PRIMUS dual energy with electrons. This brought the first easily accessible state of the art of cheap treatment to the poor. This is the Ist and only private setup in the Chandigarh/ Mohali/Panchkula belt.

With the number of patients helped in 2014, he setup a dedicated radiation treatment and training centre in Mohali – Behgal Institute of Information Technology and Radiotherapy. Here he setup a Electa compact with IMRT, IGRT facility and a brachytherapy unit. Currently he is the Director of 60 a bedded centers and has a hospice unit-the first of its kind in Northern India.

His main aim to open the dedicated radiation centre and hospice is

TREATMENT OF CANCER EQUALLY AND TO EVERY INDIAN SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE IRRESPECTIVE OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STRATA

             1)    To cater to all small to large scale specialty and superficiality hospitals.

             2) Reduce the load on government infrastructure.

             3) Reduce the cost of treatment compared to corporate hospitals.

            4) Increase awareness among the average Indian by holding camps and Screening them.
   He was able to achieve this with the help of his wife Dr. Kanwaljit Chahl, a surgical oncologist.Together they are able to deliver the best and latest of Brachytherapy and teletherepy and hospice care to the average Indian.

THE SYSTEM OF DELIVERING THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO EVERY INDIAN IN THE FIELD OF ONCOLOGY MAKES THE INSTITUTE UNIQUE AS COST ARE MUCH BELOW GOVERNMENT CHARGES AND PROCESSING OF THE PATIENT IS DONE IN A FEW DAYS FOR TREATMENT.

Dr. K.S. Behgal md (AIIMS) DNB (RT)

REGD. No. 2806 (PMC)

RADIATION ONOCOLOGIST

Ex—Senior Resident, AIIMS- Delhi

Dr. BEHGAL KULJINDER SINGH

I did my MBBS from Government Medical College Patiala ,followed by MD in radiotherapy from AIIMS (New Delhi),received my Diplomate National Board (DNB) in radiotherapy in 1998 , and also completed my senior residency in the same in December 1999.

To my credit with the help of the AIIMS team and various agencies I have 21 poblications in indexed journals of which 7 are in international  journals.My major field of interest is  targetted radiotherapy and interstitial brachytherapy in limb sarcomas .

I started my practice as BEHGAL  HOSPITAL in Mohali (Punjab), in January 2000. I set up Mohali’s first  linear accelerator SIEMEN’s PRIMUS 6,15 Mv with electrons (4-22MeV) in INDUS Hospital ,Mohali in 2006 .being the only facility of our kind in the region ,we developed a major referral base from various  free lance and independent oncologists, surgeons, physicians ,nursing homes, hospitals .Amongst our noteworthy attachments are with :

·         SOHANA MULTI SPECIALTY

·         FORTIS , MOHALI

·         INSCOL CHANDIGARH

·         GIAN SAGAR MEDICAL COLLEGE

·         AMAR HOSPITAL PATIALA

·         GRECIAN HOSPITAL , MOHALI

In December 2013 , we set up BEHGAL INSTITUTE OF IT & RADIATION TECHNOLOGY (BIIRT) , INDIA’s first and only dedicated radiation facility with ELEKTA and NUCLETRON  (now merged). This is a unique and singular set-up .The facility has

·         ELEKTA LINAC DUAL ENERGY WITH ELECTRONS ,3D-CRT, IMRT, SSIMRT, MV IGRT

·         6 CHANNEL NUCLETRON MICRO-SELECTRON IRIDIUM -192 HDR BRACHYTHERAPY

·         ONCENTRA TPS

·         CT-SIMULATOR

In September 2015 we annexed and developed a dedicated cancer hospital BEHGAL CANCER INSTITUTE which has state of the art technology ,and highly qualified faculty ,and a dedicated pain clinic, HOSPICE, & holistic team specially trained for terminal patients.

DR BEHGAL KS

DIRECTOR AND CHIEF RADIATION ONCOLOGIST

BIIRT & BEHGAL CANCER INSTITUTE

F-431 , 435 , 436

INDUSTRIAL AREA PHASE 8B ,

MOHALI