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<img alt=”" src=”https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-MdqNa4Hcsko/TqQBESLSoxI/AAAAAAAAAUs/r4qwjfi7YE4/s200/drrajeshgupta.gif” class=”alignright” width=”200″ height=”183″ />In recently concluded 21st National conference of Indian Association of Surgical Gastroenterology held from 13-16 October at Jaipur, Dr Rajesh Gupta was awarded first prize in Special Mention Poster. <!–more–>The authors were Dr Rajesh Gupta, Dr Sunil Shenvi, Dr Rakesh Kapoor, Dr NM Gupta, Dr SC Sharma, Dr SS Rana, Dr DK Bhasin and Dr Rajinder Singh. The study was started in Dept. Of Surgery and Radiotherapy in1999 by Dr Rajesh Gupta under guidance of Dr NM Gupta and Dr SC Sharma and subsequently carried on by Dr Rajesh Gupta, Additional professor in Surgical Gastroenterology Division and Dr Rakesh Kapoor, Additional professor in Radiation Oncology for last 10 years. Award was for the impact of treatment on survival in cancer esophagus by adding chemotherapy and radiotherapy before surgery. More than 10 year experience showed that 5-year survival has significantly improved from 5% to 20% in locally advanced disease with addition of chemotherapy and radiotherapy before surgery without adding to any increase in surgical complications or operative time. We now have some of the patients surviving more than 10 years after surgery with this treatment. This disease has very dismal outlook as almost all patients in India presents in advanced stage with significant difficulty in swallowing with hardly any 5-year survivors despite best efforts. This disease also has very strong association to smoking <strong>Contact</strong> Dr Rajesh Gupta, M Ch Surgical Gastroenterology Additional Professor Surgical Gastroenterology Division Dept. of General Surgery Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India- 160012. Mobile: +91-09216512636, 09914209639 |
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Over the last decade, a growing number of Online pharmacies have been established worldwide. Most online pharmacies sell prescription drugs and require a valid prescription, some online pharmacies sell prescription drugs without requiring a Prescription. Read the rest of this entry » |
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Chandigarh City hospitals on Tuesday saw panic-stricken people pouring in with cough and cold symptoms. Taking no chances, doctors and attendants wore surgical masks. Also, the UT Health department has invoked the Epidemic Disease Act. The Director Health and Family Welfare, in-charge of the isolation wards at PGI, GMCH-32 and GMSH-16, and the Nodal Officer (swine flu) have been empowered to take necessary steps to ensure that all suspected cases are admitted in government hospitals, with the help of the police, if needed. Swine flu patients can also opt for home treatment in which they and their families need to follow detailed guidelines and safety measures. They would also have to provide full contact details of their entire household, and their social contacts would be given preventive treatment.Read More |
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City Beautiful Chandigarh is reeling under the serious pressure of swine flu; latest in the move was seventeen members of a family who were being quarantined in their Sector 9 home by heath department on Monday. According to H C Gera, Nodal Officer of Chandigarh Administration, the respective family members have been for a week in their house for the examination of swine flu symptoms. |
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The blood transfusion services of Chandigarh have been adjudged the best among the States and Union Territories in the country by NACO (National AIDS Control Organization) in its latest report released this year. 
