JAMMU, Sept 15: Principal Government Medical College Jammu and Head of Oncology, Dr. Ashutosh Gupta was felicitated at the annual function of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi, as he was instrumental in setting up of state-of-art Radiation Oncology facilities at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
He was technical advisor to Sir Ganga Ram Trust for Radiation Oncology and offered his expert advice from time to time which helped the hospital trust set up one of the best radiation oncology centers in the country.
Dr. Ashutosh was honoured by Dr. D.S Rana, Chairman Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi.
Dr. Gupta has also been a leading figure in setting up state-of-art State Cancer Institute in GMC Jammu. SCI now provides advanced cancer diagnosis and treatment facilities in Jammu, advanced facilities like PET scan and Molecular Oncology LAB which have revolutionized cancer treatment in Jammu.
Modern Cancer treatment facilities like Chemotherapy, Radiation Oncology, Surgery, Palliative Care services are now available in SCI Jammu with his efforts.
With efforts of Dr. Ashutosh Gupta, most of the expensive anti-cancer medicines are now available free of cost at GMC Jammu and the poor cancer patients are getting high quality cancer treatment at free or at affordable costs.
With availability of High Energy Linac, Jammu will be offering among the best cancer care services at SCI. Till date, SCI in a very short period of time has conducted more than 500 PET scans, around 300 Brachytherapy sessions and more than 3000 Chemotherapy sessions.
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