The pandemic of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19 is having a
serious impact on pediatric patients with cancer. Social distancing,
self-quarantining and nationwide lockdown have resulted in restricted
movements of patients and families across the country. This has made the
optimum management of children with cancer difficult. In this clinical
perspective, we discuss the issues related to COVID-19 and pediatric
cancer and how we have attempted to optimize the treatment for our
patients using telemedicine, reorganizing the day care services,
triaging our patients and modifying their treatment plans, partnered
with the NGOs and local medical centres to provide care to our patients.