R ARIVANANTHAM
CHENNAI, APRIL 24
To mark the ‘World Liver Day (April 19)’, GEM Hospitals, Chennai – leader in Gastroenterology, laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeries on Wednesday announced the launching of an exclusive ‘Fatty Liver Clinic’ at its Perungudi facility here.
Launching the ‘Fatty Liver Clinic’ Dr P Senthilnathan, Director – GEM Hospital Chennai said, “As we always say ‘Prevention is better than cure’, people can make use of this free consultation camp to get to know about their present liver condition. Early detection of disease will help the patients to get the right treatment at the right time which will eventually avoid any unforeseen circumstances.”
- To mark the ‘World Liver Day’, the hospital announces ‘Free Liver Camp’ from April 24 to May 4, 2024
- Recent study shows that 40 per cent of diabetic patients are prone to fatty liver
- The hospital will launch Mobile Applications to create awareness on Fatty Liver and other diseases in another 6 months
Reply to queries, Dr Senthilnathan said, “There are no symptoms for Fatty Liver, even normal personal will have fatty liver. However, the damage will be considerably low when compared to alcohol addicts. Recent study shows that 40 per cent of diabetic patients are prone to fatty liver. Hence, it is essential for everyone to undergo liver test at least twice in a year.”
Dr Senthilnathan also said that the hospital will launch Mobile Applications to create awareness on Fatty Liver and other diseases in another 6 months.
To mark the ‘World Liver Day’ the hospital announces launching ‘Free Liver Camp’ from April 24 to May 4, 2024 and ‘Know Your Liver’ Initiative.
“Specialists team led by Dr Vinoth Kumar, Medical Gastroenterologist; Dr Magnus Jayaraj, Liver Transplant Surgeon will provide comprehensive liver related treatment for those who participate in the camp,” Dr Senthilnathan added.
Dr S Asokan, CEO-GEM Hospital Chennai, said, “The need for a focused super speciality clinic is for advanced treatment and for identification of diseases at an early stage. We are also very delighted to launch ‘Know Your Liver’ initiative during the inauguration of the new clinic. GEM hospital will continue to organise many such campaigns in future for needy people”.
Commenting on this, Dr C Palanivelu, Chairman – GEM Hospitals, stated, “We are glad to open a holistic Fatty Liver Clinic at our GEM Hospital in Perungudi and to conduct this Free Liver Camp which will benefit numerous people in the city with various health issues. Specialists from our hospital will provide free consultation for Liver problems and procedures like Fibroscan, Liver Function Tests, Test for Hepatitis B&C Virus, Ultra Sound Scan, Fatty Liver screening and vaccination are to be carried out at a very nominal cost for required patients throughout this camp period”.
“A new campaign called ‘Know Your Liver’ is also launched to create more awareness about Fatty Liver to general public. Anyone can just scan the above given QR code with the help of their smart phone and get their doubts cleared about fatty liver,” he further added.
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