Nagpur: The Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur, is all set to become the first in the State to house a Nuclear Medicine Department. One may usually find this department in private set-ups. GMCH will be the first Government-run entity where this important department has occupied space, a report in a local daily said.
The department is ready with infrastructure. The process for appointment of staff too has been completed. Now, it is awaiting its official inauguration. The Nuclear Medicine Department will function at the ground floor of Super Specialty Hospital (SSH), GMCH. The hospital had to wait for over seven years to get this department.
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In the recent past, Dr Raj Gajbhiye, Dean, GMCH, followed up this issue with the Government and finally got it approved. Deputy Chief Minister and Guardian Minister of Nagpur district Devendra Fadnavis took a lead in this matter and sanctioned over Rs 9.5 crore from the District Planning Committee funds. Dr Gajbhiye told a local daily that this department will change the therapeutic and diagnostic modalities. There will be a marked improvement in healthcare treatment in GMCH. There was a time when patients have to go to Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Bengaluru etc. Now we have all treatment facilities in Nagpur, he said.
Dr Gajbhiye pointed out, “The nuclear medicine department will bring a revolutionary change to the GMCH. The patients suffering from heart and cancer ailments along with problems of endocrinology, thyroid, kidney, neuro will be the major beneficiaries. We have developed an infrastructure while the independent staff and other manpower has been outsourced. The agency has taken all responsibility. Once the department is inaugurated, the healthcare scenario of Central India will be changed.”
Following services will be available:
• Whole Body PET-CT
• Cardiac PET-CT
• Neuro PET-CT
• PET-CT based Radiotherapy Planning
• PET-CT guided Biopsy and FNA
• Renal Scan
• Thyroid scan
• Liver scan
• Parathyroid scan
• Bone scan
• Brain Perfusion scan
• Cardiac scan
• Lung perfusion scan
• GI bleed scan
• Meckel’s diverticulum scan
• Sentinel Lymph Node
• Lymphoscintigraphy
• Radiosynovectomy
• Pain Palliation
• Radioiodine therapy For hyperthyroidism and thyroid cancer
