GEM Hospital Inaugurates Fatty Liver Clinic

GEM Hospital, India’s premier Gastroenterology, laparoscopic and Robotic surgery hospital inaugurated a Fatty Liver Clinic and Free Liver Camp in Chennai today.  As a part of World Liver Day celebrations, this Free Liver Camp will be held from 24th Apr’24 till 4th May’24.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. C. Palanivelu, Chairman – GEM Hospitals stated, “We are glad to open a holistic Fatty Liver Clinic at our GEM Hospital in Perungudi and to conduct this Free Liver Camp which will benefit numerous people in the city with various health issues. Specialists from our hospital will provide free consultation for Liver problems and procedures like Fibroscan, Liver Function Tests, Test for Hepatitis B&C Virus, Ultra Sound Scan, Fatty Liver screening  and vaccination are to be carried out at a very nominal cost for required patients throughout this camp period”.

“A new campaign called ‘Know Your Liver’ is also launched to create more awareness about Fatty Liver to general public. Anyone can just scan the below given QR code with the help of their smart phone and get their doubts cleared about fatty liver”, he further added.

Dr. S Asokan, CEO-GEM Hospital Chennai said, “The need for a focused super speciality clinic is for advanced treatment and for identification of diseases at an early stage. We are also very delighted to launch ‘Know Your Liver’ initiative during the inauguration of the new clinic. GEM hospital will continue to organise many such campaigns in future for needy people”.

Addressing the media, Dr. P. Senthilnathan, Director – GEM Hospital Chennai said, “As we always say ‘Prevention is better than cure’, people can make use of this free consultation camp to get to know about their present liver condition. Early detection of disease will help the patients to get the right treatment at the right time which will eventually avoid any unforeseen circumstances.”

He further added, “Specialists team led by Dr. Vinoth Kumar Medical Gastroenterologist, Dr.Magnus Jayaraj, Liver Transplant Surgeon will provide comprehensive liver related treatment for those who participate in the camp”.

Date : From 24th April 2024 – 4th May 2024
Address : GEM Hospital, M.G.R Road,
Perungudi, Chennai-96
Time : 10.00 AM to 2.00 PM

For Appointments Contact: 89258 45768