STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Opening a new chapter in quality patient care in northern region, Swift Hospital, Amritsar began its OPD Clinic here at Gandhi Nagar on Sunday.
Swift Hospital is a state of art surgical centre in Amritsar providing services in the fields of trauma and critical care, ear nose and throat surgery, neuro surgery, orthopedics and general surgery.
Addressing media persons here, Medical Director of Swift Hospital, Dr. Prahlad Duggal said, “With a big team of renowned surgeons, we are providing world class facilities in this region. This is an effort at expanding our foot print beyond Punjab and similar high end healthcare facilities will now be provided to the Jammu and Kashmir people by way of this OPD clinic.”
“Our main strength lies in the treatment of critically ill patients with a very well equipped Intensive care unit we take care of the very sick patients. Dr. Pankaj Soni, Chairman Swift Hospital Amritsar is a renowned critical care expert of North India and heads the ICU at Swift Hospital, Amritsar.”
One of the main departments at Swift Hospital is Ear Nose Throat & Head Neck Surgery which deals with all the diseases of ear nose and throat region. The department is headed by Dr. Duggal who is a renowned surgeon of the region and is trained from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai in Head & Neck Cancer surgery. All the major surgeries are done with the microscopic and endoscopic techniques with state of the art equipment. Dr. Dushyant Thaman who heads the neuro surgery department at Swift Hospital, Amritsar is a very senior and well known neuro surgeon of the region. Speaking on the occasion, he said, “Patients of head injury and spine require a time bound and specialized care and Swift Hospital, Amritsar is providing that at affordable cost. All the patients with brain tumours and other related diseases will get a comprehensive care at this centre.”
