AMETHYST TREATS AS PART OF THE ONCOLOGY PACKAGE

By the end of March 2015, the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center in Krakow registered 398 patients as part of the oncology package. Some of them, over 180 people, have already completed treatment, the rest are undergoing tests or therapy. The number of medical facilities that cooperate with Amethyst in terms of access to radiotherapy for patients treated as part of the oncology package is growing.

Patients arriving at the Amethyst Radiotherapy Center are admitted on an ongoing basis, and the date of the first consultation is scheduled within the next 3 days. For Amethyst patients, the introduction of the oncology package has not changed much. As last year, dates for the first visit to the radiotherapy clinic are scheduled as soon as possible, and therapy begins immediately after specialists develop a treatment plan.

Patients who come to the Amethyst Center with oncological diagnosis and treatment cards (DiLO) issued in other medical facilities are not always clear about the new procedures in force. An important question is whether radiotherapy must take place in the same medical facility where the consultation took place? Amethyst also accepts patients whose case was consulted in another center. If a patient wants his radiotherapy to take place at Amethysta, a second consultation is held at the facility.