A 55-year-old woman, who underwent a laparoscopic Whipple surgical procedure for treating pancreatic cancer at the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital, was discharged on December 29. Her recovery from pancreatic cancer was made possible by the availability of a state-of-the-art operating theatre with advanced surgical equipment and well-trained supporting staff at the newly built superspeciality block. While 77 pancreatic cancer patients …
