Last Updated: 04 July 2024

¶ 1. Punjab Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences^[1]

Punjab's 1st Super Specialty centre, established at SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab

After Delhi, it will be 2nd institute for liver diseases in the country

¶ Current Status^[2]

• Indoor, Intensive care and Emergency services started from 29th Feb 2024
• OPD services running since July 2023
• Liver transplant facilities to start soon
• Staff around 450 people including 80 specialist doctors

Only Hospital with advanced Facilities in the region
-- UGI Endoscopy
-- Fibroscan
-- Endoscopic Ultrasound & Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography

¶ Details^[2:1]

Tele-Medicine for connect with all the Government hospitals of the Punjab

• The 50-bed institute offers OPD as well as indoor services
• Apart from offering treatment for all kinds of liver ailments as well as liver transplant surgery, it will also offer DM course in hepatology and gastrointestinal surgery
• Dr Virendra Singh, a liver specialist and former head of PGI’s department of hepatology, has been appointed the first director of the institute

¶ 2. State Cancer Institute at Government Medical College, Amritsar^[3]

Institute has been constructed at a cost of ₹114 crore

¶ 3. Tertiary Cancer Center at Fazilka^[3:1]

Institute has been constructed at a cost of ₹45 crore

References:

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1. https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjabs-1st-superspecialty-institute-to-start-soon-507252 ↩︎

2. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=179942 ↩︎ ↩︎

3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U5IjoJJx1PsupDLWapEUsQxo_A3TBQXX/view (Page 11) ↩︎ ↩︎