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Experts at a conference stated that while some patients recount an entire conversation between surgeons, others reported full awareness during their entire operation procedure.

Professor Kate Leslie, president of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists said, "Every anaesthetist at this conference, there's 2000 anaesthetists here, each of those people has had two episodes of awareness in the last year.”

"Most of the people out there would deny ever having had a patient with awareness, and the reason why is because they don't ask them afterwards.”

At the 10th annual conference of Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute, Kapoor highlighted the number of cases of childhood cancer that have been plaguing the country. “Of the 40,000 that is reported, only 20-30 percent manages to get proper treatment,” she said.

The oncologist added that although cure rate is higher for children than adults, the children can receive successful treatment only if the cancer gets diagnosed in its early stages and the treatment is done the right way.

Children who survive face stigma

“There is no official communication from the nodal TPA agency about restoration of the cashless facility,” said a spokesperson from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital.

Moolchand Medcity’s CEO, Shravan Talwar, said that most hospitals in Delhi still have not resolved the matter with the insurance authorities.