Health Corner

Preventive gastroenterology
Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital,Chinchwad,is launched the Preventive Gastroenterology services in the hospital’s Gastroenterology department on July 13. This sub-speciality of reventive gastroenterology is being launched under the supervision of renowned Gastroenterologist Dr Sharad Shah. The sub-speciality Preventive Gastroenterology at Aditya Birla Hospital includes avoidance of risk factors related to the disease,examination of uncommon symptoms,consultation and advice on life style modifications,some medication or vaccination,advance diagnostic/ therapeutic tools such as endoscopy,holistic approach to treat patient with medicines,lifestyle improvement measures like exercise,hygiene,nutrition,yoga meditation and other diagnostic and therapeutic measures as required to identify associated and existing diseases. It focuses more on removal of the cause rather than treatment of symptoms. All patients with family history of gastrointestinal disorders,elderly people and other patients with gastrointestinal complaints will be benefited by this sub-speciality service.

Workshop on PVD
In a bid to spread awareness about breakthrough treatments of Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD),also known as Peripheral Arterial Disease,Ruby Hall had organised a day-long workshop recently.The workshop,conducted under the supervision of Dr Bhagat Reddy from Georgia,USA. Dr Shirish (M.S) Hiremath,Dr Dhanesh Kamerkar and Dr Chandrashekhar Makhale actually performed Endo vascular procedures on five patients,who were suffering from PVD.

For cases of PAD,someone requiring surgery the newly developed device called the Frontrunner is now available which works in a similar way like an excavator,which bore through the mud and sludge causing the blockage. “It is like an angioplasty and a by-pass surgery performed on the leg,” says Dr Kamerkar.