Cancer is rated as the world’s second death causing disease. Nearly 60 percent of the people are affected every year. Although the cause of this disease is unknown, there are many innovative treatments available to treat this disease. An oncologist is one who examines, identifies and treats cancerous diseases. He works in hospitals, colleges and other organizations. The office of an oncologist is designed in a way that pleases and creates a feeling of hope and confidence about their future. The office is informative with some pamphlets that have information like causes of Cancer, different types of cancer, their side effects and their prevention in future.
An oncologist office has some posters with inspiration words that will give a ray of hope for the inpatients. A bulletin board contains a checklist that every patient should carry when visiting an oncologist. Some of the checklist items are health insurance card, recent medical records, recent radiology films, and list of allergies, recent medications and legal documents. Every patient is given an appointment card for meeting the physician. Help desks are available which will give information about the insurance and other policies. In most of the hospitals, new patients are given an opportunity to meet people who have been recovered from cancer. This will help the outpatients gain a deep insight about the disease.
The radiology, chemotherapy and laboratory are situated away from the physician s office. The office is designed in such a way that people who come for the first time gain some information about the disease before they meet the oncologist. Operation theaters are well equipped and sanitized. The rooms of the patients have television and radio for entertainment the patients. On the whole, an oncologist office has all the facilities to treat the patient from all types of cancerous diseases.
