Jammu: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.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 told.
“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.
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