First time in J&K, laser intervention in Pulmonology started at CD hospital

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Globaltoday.in | Kashmir | GNS

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.
โ€œLaser 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,โ€ a senior doctor at GMC here told GNS. 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.

โ€œTwo cases were performed on Wednesday. First one was performed under general anaesthesia using rigid bronchoscopy and second one under conscious sedation using flexible bronchoscopy,โ€ Professor Dr Naveed Nazir Shah when contacted told GNS.

โ€œWe are highly thankful to Professor Samia Rashid principal GMC Srinagar and Medical Superintendent Dr Saleem Tak for their efforts in starting this facility,โ€ 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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