Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 27: Head and Neck Cancer Screening camp was held at Government Hospital, Sarwal, in which nearly seventy patients were examined.
Dr Madhu Khullar, Director Health Services, inaugurated the cancer screening camp in presence of Dr Arun Kumar, Medical Superintendent, Government Hospital, Sarwal, Dr Maqbool Ahmed Zargar, A grade specialist, Dr Rajive Sharma, ENT Surgeon, Dr Bikramjit Singh, Consultant, Head and Neck Oncosurgery and ENT surgery, Fortis Escort Hospital Amritsar, Rajeev Verma from Fortis Escort, officers and officials.
Dr Madhu Khullar also interacted with the patients and informed that such camps are being held on weekly/ monthly basis in various health institutions of J&K and in Government Hospital, Gandhi Nagar, regularly on weekly basis and similar services would be available at Government Hospital, Sarwal at least once in a month.
Dr Arun Kumar, Medical Superintendent, Government Hospital, Sarwal informed as per discussion with Fortis Escort Amritsar, representatives multi super-specialty services would be available once in a month (last Sunday of every month). He said that some more super specialties like Head and Neck Cancer screening, Cardiology (Heart) and Neurology, etc would be provided by Fortis Escorts Amritsar and Urology, Endocrinology, etc would be through Health Department. This would also include Echo Cardiography, Ultrasound, etc on the same day.
During the camp, the patients were examined by Dr Bikramjit Singh, Consultant, Head and Neck Oncosurgery and ENT Surgery, Fortis Escort Hospital Amritsar and also gave them further advices.
Patients who had symptoms to head and neck cancer were given advice regarding avoiding to get the disease and people already diagnosed were advised chemotherapy/ surgery as per requirement. The chemotherapy will be done at Government Hospital, Gandhi Nagar and some of the surgeries would be performed at Government Hospital, Sarwal.
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