Ludhiana, June 19
To
the North of Delhi, Ludhiana has emerged as one of the leading health
care centres. Given the extent of the private hospital network in the
city, it has even relegated the City Beautiful (Chandigarh) to a
second place in this sector. In the recent past, there has been a
phenomenal growth of charitable hospitals and private nursing homes
with superspeciality facilities, albiet at a phenomenal cost.
You
name a medical facility and it will be available in this city,
otherwise known the worldover for its small scale industry, especially
woollens. Be it treatment for a spinal injury, an open heart or bypass
surgery, neuro-surgery, plastic surgery or some psychiatric treatment,
it is all available in Ludhiana. Besides, there is a super-speciality
hospital for cancer patients run by a leading industrial house on a
charitable basis.
Christian Medical College and Hospital is the
oldest of all. The hospital has almost all major superspeciality
facilities like the Cardiac unit, Nephrology, Neurology, Burns unit,
Plastic Surgery and Micro surgery. It also deals with all kinds of
dental problems. The college authorities have also arranged a dental
van to educate masses in the remote villages.
Dayanand Medical
College and Hospital is another charitable hospital in the city which
is equipped with the latest machinery and technology. Similarly, the
DMC has the superspeciality wings of Gastroentrology, Nephrology,
Neurology, Neuro Surgery, Urology, Transfusion Medicine, Renal
Transplant, Psychiatry, Plastic Surgery, Physiotherapy, Paediatric
Surgery, Oncology and Endochronology.
DMC had recently added another
milestone to its history- Hero DMC Heart Institute. According to Dr
G.S. Wander, Chief Cardiologist, the heart institute has the best
facilities, latest technology and renowned surgeons to its credit. Dr
Wander said, "The institute has the facilities for treadmill test,
colour doplar, echocardiograqphy, Transesophageal and Stress
echocardiography, bypass, valve replacement, congenital heart disease
surgery, angiography, stent implantation, pacemaker replacement and
balloon valvo-plasty."
Not only the DMC but Sigma Heart Institute
provides the same facilities of cardiac care to patients suffering
from various Coronary Artery Diseases (CAD). The Sigma Heart Centre is
headed by Dr Murtaza Chisti, one of the leading cardiac surgeons of
the country, who returned after a decade long stint in the United
States and Australia to join Sigma.
Satluj Hospital, the first
corporate hospital in Punjab, has most superspecialities facilities
and a Trauma Centre. The hospital authorities claim to deal with all
kinds of trauma.
Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital is another charitable
hospital, well-equipped with the latest techniques and super
specialities of Plastic Surgery, Gastro-Enterology and Neuro Surgery.
Dr Waheguru Pal Singh, Medical Suprintendent claimed that the cost of
treatment was nominal as compared with other hospitals.
Mohandai
Memorial Oswal Cancer Hospital is one of the biggest cancer hospital
in this region and the only of its kind. The charitable hospital is
run by some leading industrialists of the city. The hospital has all
the modern facilities like Gamalabs, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI),
CT Scan. The treatment is available at a reasonably low cost to
patients.
The city has a number of other charitable and private
hospitals like Raghunath Charitable Hospital, Deepak Memorial
Hospital, Pahwa Hospital, Deep Hospital, Arora Neuro Centre, SAS
Grewal Mediscan Hospital, are serving patients.
Last, but not least,
another charitable hospital is coming up on the GT Road, on the city’s
outskirts. It is being set up by the Namdharis in collaboration with
the world famous Apollo chain of hospitals. The foundation stone for
the hospital was laid by the Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani only
a few months back.
