SRM Global Hospitals Pvt Ltd announces the launch of Institute for Gastro & Liver Sciences
Chennai, May 9 2023 :
SRM Global Hospitals Pvt Ltd announced the launch of its Institute of Gastro and Liver Sciences today. The motive behind the launch of this institute is to provide high quality care to people with liver and gastro related ailments.
Dr P Sathyanarayanan, President of SRM Global Hospitals Pvt Ltd said he was happy towards taking this initiative. This is a part of their continued mission to provide world class healthcare to patients through state-of-the-art medical infrastructure.
Dr Joy Verghese, Liver Transplant Specialist said SRM Hospitals has earned a great name for providing good quality care in various various segments of medicine. Adding this insitution to will help them realise their aspiration of achieving excellence in the task of providing excellent care in gastro and liver ailments.
The instiute will strive to provide high quality treatment to those requiring specialised care for liver or gastro related complications, while extending a helping hand to those who cannot afford treatment for the ailments, he said.
Dr Verghese said services provided at the institute include Diagnostic and Therapeutic upper GI Endoscopy, Biliary Plastic Stent Placement and SEMS Placement, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Lower GI Endoscopy and others. Dr Verghese and his team will also contribute by putting together a team of specialists and train them in best practices of liver care, gastroenterology, intensive and emergency liver and gastro care, transplant modalities and specialised nursing care.
Dr Rajesh, Faculty (Gastroentrology), SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre said liver ailments are becoming quite common in this country. Among these complications are Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Fatty Liver, Pancreatic Cancer and Colonic Cancer, he said. Various reasons are leading to these ailments, they range from lifestyle changes to faulty eating habits. Treating these ailmemts involves a great amount of work. There is a need to provide professional care, establishing the institute is a step in that direction, he said.
Dr VPChandrasekhar, COO of SRM Global Hospitals Pvt Ltd said effective strategy to do away complications like fatty liver is to follow right lifestyle pattern and a healthy diet. Doing away faulty eating habits can keep away lot of complications related to health, Dr Mythili, Additional Registrar, SRMIST were among others present.
