The Sunshine Hospitals has launched an exclusive centre catering for gastroenterology, liver diseases and minimal invasive surgery (MIS) in Hyderabad.

As Sunshine Hospitals is renowned for multi-super specialty care, now the hospital has come up with exclusive centre for gastroenterology, liver diseases & minimal invasive surgery in the city. Patients can now avail an exhaustive range of advanced healthcare services in the areas of gut and liver disorders, GI surgery, hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. The new centre of excellence has appointed highly experienced and well trained medical talent in both medical and surgical gastroenterology. The state-of-the-art equipment and technologies support and enable the delivery of even the most complex of problems. The well-equipped infrastructure includes a dedicated Gastro Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Dr. B.Ravi Shankar, chief gastroenterologist, Sunshine Institute of Gastroenterology and Liver disease said, “Best treatments and new medicines are available to treat hepatitis C. This new treatments can cure patients in about three months. Hepatitis C can be controlled with access to right treatment. More needs to be done to increase public awareness. Hepatitis C virus is a blood-borne infection that damages the liver, is a leading cause of liver cirrhosis. Liver cirrhosis may lead to liver failure, liver cancer and may require liver transplantation. To limit transplantation which is expensive, hepatitis should be treated adequately.”

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Nagaraju, CEO Sunshine Hospitals said, “Gastro and liver problems have been on the rise day to day. But the current advances means that these conditions could be diagnosed early and eminently treated. Gastroenterology and liver diseases need top priority and also ensure increase in public awareness.”