STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: It is defining and a landmark day in the history of health care delivery in the Jammu region, the much-awaited PET Scan services were started at State Cancer Institute, GMC Jammu on Thursday.
Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Administrative Secretary, himself a medico has been instrumental making this high-end facility functional.
The Nuclear Medicine team headed by Prof. Ashutosh Gupta, Principal GMC Jammu, who is himself a well-known cancer specialist, performed first PET scan.
The other team members from Nuclear Medicine and Radiodiagnosis specialty included Dr. Rahul Sharma, Prof. Kulbhushan Gupta, Dr. Rajeev Gupta, Dr. Abdul, Dr. Sudheer Sharma, Sumaira, Lata and other supportive staff. A total of four PET scan were done today. Dr. Deepak Kumar, Medical Superintendent of State Cancer Institute supervised the whole procedure.
Dr. Abid stated that this has been a landmark achievement for not only for GMC Jammu but also for the people of Jammu region who were suffering a lot due to non-availability of this vital facility which is must to treat and monitor cancer patients.
The new PET scan machine procured a cost of Rs 13.0 crores by J&K Medical Supply Corporation is the latest generation PET scan by Wipro GE company Discovery IQ.
The model Instilled has highest NEMA sensitivity and quantization accuracy which ultimately provides enhanced patient care, comfort and satisfaction.
The PET CT will soon linked with radiation therapy machines to be installed in State Cancer institute so that all radiation planning will be done on PET based Imaging.
This will make radiation treatment very precise and accurate. State Cancer Institute is a very prestigious project funded by Govt. of India at a cost of Rs 104 Crores.
Dr. Ashutosh said that efforts are being undertaken to keep the user charges for PET scan and other facilities at State Cancer Institute at a very affordable level so that poor patients can utilize the facilities.
