• About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
Friday, May 27, 2022
Lake City Times
No Result
View All Result
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper
No Result
View All Result
Lake City News
No Result
View All Result
Home Health

First time in JK, laser intervention in Pulmonology started at CD hospital

LCT Desk by LCT Desk
March 23, 2022
in Health
Reading Time: 1min read
A A
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterWhatsappTelegram

READ ALSO

92 percent pregnancies lead to childbirth in JK: Survey

Every other person in JK suffering from hypertension

Srinagar, Mar 23: In a first of its kind in Jammu and Kashmir, the department of Pulmonary Medicine, Government Medical College Srinagar, has added facility of laser to the armamentarium of interventional pulmonology.
“Laser is a useful tool for interventional pulmonologist. It is helpful in management of various respiratory diseases like central airway obstruction (malignant or benign) and haemoptysis (coughing of blood) of varying aetiologies (causes,” a senior doctor at GMC here told GNS. The facility is set up at the CD hospital here.
Prior to this, a large number of patients had to be referred to higher centres outside J&K for management of such respiratory diseases.
Officials said that the procedure was performed by experienced interventional pulmonologists headed by Professor Naveed Nazir Shah using ND-YAG Lumax 1320 nn laser with the support of an anaesthesia team headed by Professor Rukhsana Najeeb.
“Two cases were performed today. First one was performed under general anaesthesia using rigid bronchoscopy and second one under conscious sedation using flexible bronchoscopy,” Professor Dr Naveed Nazir Shah when contacted said, “We are highly thankful to Professor Samia Rashid principal GMC Srinagar and Medical Superintendent Dr Saleem Tak for their efforts in starting this facility,” he said.
The leading pulmonologist of the Valley, he said that addition of Laser will definitely improve the patient care and reduces the economic burden to the patient. (GNS)

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Related Posts

Health

92 percent pregnancies lead to childbirth in JK: Survey

May 18, 2022
92 percent pregnancies lead to childbirth in JK: Survey

Jehangir Ganaie Srinagar, May 17: Eight percent of foetuses are lost because of abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth, while 92 percent...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Health

Every other person in JK suffering from hypertension

May 18, 2022
Every other person in JK suffering from hypertension

Jahangeer Ganaie Srinagar, May 17: Hypertension is a silent killer and around half of the population in J&K is hypertensive...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Health

Deadly Rift valley virus infects human cells, finds US based Kashmiri virologist

April 20, 2022
Deadly Rift valley virus infects human cells, finds US based Kashmiri virologist

Umaisar Gull Ganie Srinagar, Apr 19: In a significant scientific breakthrough, researchers at Washington University in the United States have...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Health

COVID spurs depression, anxiety among teenagers in Kashmir: Study

April 19, 2022
COVID spurs depression, anxiety among teenagers in Kashmir: Study

Jahangeer Ganaie Srinagar, Apr 18: Besides resulting in largescale deaths, Covid pandemic has spurred mental health issues among adolescents in...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Health

4th Covid wave unlikely in JK: Dr Nisar-ul-Hassan

March 23, 2022
Rope in private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients: DAK to authorities

Jahangeer Ganaie Srinagar, Mar 23: A senior medico and flu-expert, Dr Nisar ul Hassan on Wednesday said that the Covid-19...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Health

Most people don’t need to wear masks under new guidelines: DAK

March 14, 2022
Rope in private hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients: DAK to authorities

Srinagar, Mar 14: Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said most people in Kashmir valley do not need to wear...

Read more
by LCT Desk
0 Comments
Next Post
Man found dead in Kokernag village

34-yr-old youth found dead in Kulgam

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Advertising
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

© 2021 Lake City Times - Premium theme by GITS.

No Result
View All Result
  • Top News
  • Region
  • City News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Health
  • Edit-Oped
  • Tourism
  • National
  • World
  • ePaper

© 2021 Lake City Times - Premium theme by GITS.