A general surgery screening programme was held on February 24 at village Varada in district Sirohi. Consultant laparoscopic surgeon Dr Digant Pathak and general surgeon Dr Sanjay Varma were consulted by 86 patients of which eight were advised to J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mount Abu.Urology surgery
Dr Darshan Shah of Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad operated on 11 patients during a urology surgery programme held on October 1 and 2. He was assisted by general surgeon Dr Sanjay Varma and general and laparoscopic surgeon Dr Digant Pathak. The operations included three PCNL, two TURP and URS, three cystoscopy's and one urethral sling.
Thirty eight patients consulted general surgeon Dr Sanjay Varma at a general surgery screening programme organised on September 25 at village Rohida in district Sirohi. Of these, four patients were referred to J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mount Abu, for surgery.
Dr Sanjay Varma, general surgeon, conducted a screening programme at village Sirodi in district Sirohi. Forty seven patients consulted Dr Varma of whom seven were referred to J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre at Mount Abu for further investigations and surgery.
General Surgery Department: Screening programme
General surgeon Dr Sanjay Varma screened 72 patients during a screening programme at Bali, in district Pali. Sixteen patients were found to have surgical problems and referred to J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mount Abu, for further treatment. Another 13 were advised to undergo investigative procedures.
Surgery programme: Urology Surgery
Dr Darshan Shah, eminent urologist from Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad, performed nine urology surgeries during his visit to Global Hospital (Mt Abu) on February 12-13, 2010. Dr Shah was assisted by our surgery team comprising surgical gastroenterologist & laparoscopic surgeon Dr Dilip Kothari, general surgeon Dr Sanjay Varma and surgical registrar Dr Nabajyoti Upadhyaya.
Outreach endeavour: Department of General Surgery
Consultant general surgeon Dr S K Varma conducted a screening programme in village Bali (in district Pali) on February 4. The total number of patients screened was 170, of whom 30 patients found to need surgery were referred to Global Hospital.
A second general surgery screening programme was held at village Amirgadh (in district Palanpur, Gujarat), where surgical gastroenterologist & laparoscopic surgeon Dr Dilip Kothari screened 150 patients and found 35 needing further treatment.
On November 11, general surgeon Dr Sanjay Varma and surgical registrar Dr Nabajyoti Upadhyaya of the Department of General Surgery of J Watumull Global 
Hospital & Research Centre conducted a screening programme at Sanchor in district Jalore. The Brahma Kumaris (BK) centre of Sanchor was instrumental in helping to organise this event at the Bechra Dharamshala. In all, 174 patients were screened of whom 35 were found to need surgery and were referred to the hospital for operative procedures. Another 30 patients were found to require diagnostic procedures, mainly sonography and endoscopy.
Prior to the programme, we organized a symposium for leaders of various local organizations like the Bajrang Dal, Manav Seva Samitee, social workers, sarpanch, political leaders, school principals and pharmacy owners. Consultant surgical gastroenterologist & laparoscopic surgeon Dr Dilip Kothari made a presentation on the medical facilities available at the hospital to this gathering of about 35 people. Dr Kothari was also interviewed by journalists of leading local newspapers, namely Bhaskar, Maru Lahar, Rashtra Doot and Navjyoti, as a result of which the screening programme on the ensuing day was a major success.
Urology surgery programme
Dr Darshan Shah, a well known urology surgeon from Apollo Hospital, Ahmedabad, will be performing urology surgeries at J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre, Mount Abu on November 27-28, 2009.
For more details, please contact Dr Sanjay Varma, consultant surgeon or Dr Dilip Kothari, consultant surgeon, Department of Surgery on 02974 238347 / 8.
