Screening programme: Department of General Surgery

A screening programme for patients suffering from ailments needing general surgery was held in village Kalindri on July 10. Forty cases presented to consultant general surgeon Dr Digant Pathak, of which he advised six to register for surgery.

Screening programme: General surgery

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.

Screening programme in Sayla

A screening programme for patients with ENT and general surgery ailments was held at Sayla, in district Jalore, on February 6. The venue of the programme was the Government Hospital in Sayla. In all, 125 patients consulted ENT surgeon Dr Sharad Mehta and general surgeon Dr Digant Pathak. Twenty patients were advised to visit the base hospital for further treatment.

General surgery screening

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.

General surgery screening programme

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 Clinic

On April 24, J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre launched a new surgery clinic at the Rathi-Agarwal Hospital in Jalore. Surgical gastroenterologist & laparoscopic surgeon Dr Dilip Kothari will be available for nominally-priced consultations in Jalore on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month. Forty one patients took benefit from the first such clinic, five of whom were referred to Global Hospital, Mount Abu, for surgery while another six were advised to undergo endoscopy examinations and 29 patients were prescribed medication.

General surgery outreach programme

Dr Dilip Kothari, surgical gastroenterologist & laparoscopic surgeon, conducted a screening programme at village Ahore in district Jalore on March 19. Village Ahore falls in a less developed tribal belt as a result of which most of its residents are economically underprivileged. Dr Kothari screened 60 patients of whom 10 were referred to Global Hospital, Mount Abu for surgery. Twenty five more patients were referred to the base hospital for further diagnostic tests.

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.

General Surgery Department: Screening programme

Consultant surgical gastroenterologist & laparoscopic surgeon Dr Dilip Kothari and surgical registrar Dr Nabajyoti Upadhyaya
conducted a screening programme at Jalore. Sixty seven patients took benefit from this opportunity.

General surgery screening programme

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.

CME for medical professionals working in the government sector

We organised a CME on the subject Disorder of the Upper Abdomen at the Reodar primary health centre (PHC) on November 4. This was a novel initiative for medical officers and nurses working in the government sector. In addition to sharing medical information, the CME was aimed at creating awareness about the medical facilities available at the units of the Global Hospital & Research Centre trust at Mount Abu and Abu Road. In all, 8 doctors and 46 nurses attended the programme.

Dr Dilip Kothari, consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon at J Watumull Global Hospital & Research Centre (Mount Abu) conducted the programme. Afterwards, Dr Kothari visited a few local GPs to strengthen our referral system.

General surgery programme

Dr S Thirunavukkarasu, head, department of surgical gastroenterology, Madras Medical College, Chennai and our general surgeon Dr S K Verma performed 6 laparoscopic surgeries and 6 upper GI endoscopies during the formers visit to Mount Abu on August 6-7, 2009.