Almora: Stone operation through telescope has started in the district hospital. After the equipment arrived in the district hospital, the doctors conducted an operation to remove gall bladder stone through telescope for the first time. Poor people will benefit from this expensive surgery being done in the district hospital. Now people will not need to go to big cities for this.
This facility has started in Pandit Hargovind Pant District Hospital Almora, located in the middle of Almora city. During this, a patient was successfully operated through telescope for gall bladder operation, which has created a wave of happiness among the people. The problem of gall bladder stone is a big problem for the common people. Earlier, the operation was done through open surgery in Almora District Hospital. In which the patient used to take more time to recover. With this method, the patient recovers and goes home in two to three days. Due to the expense of thousands of rupees, many poor people were not able to get this surgery done. In Almora, the common poor people have started getting the benefit of this surgery through Ayushman Card Scheme.
Patients will avoid going to the city: Laparoscopic surgeon Dheeraj Raj of Pandit Hargovind Pant District Hospital, Almora, said that he has just operated on gall bladder stone with the help of telescope for the first time in the district hospital. This is an advanced technique in which the patient is saved from getting an incision. The wounds in it are very small and the patient goes home quickly. He said that earlier the hospital did not have a complete machine for this. The complete setup of the machine was provided by the hospital administration. Due to which this successful operation was done for the first time. He appealed to the people that if anyone has such a problem, then he should come to the government hospital. Here, free operation is being done under the Ayushman Card Scheme.
The patient recovers quickly from the operation in the telescope method: PMS HC Gadkoti of the district hospital said that for the first time in the district hospital, a patient has undergone an operation for gall bladder stone. It was done by the hospital surgeon Dr. Dheeraj Raj and his team, which was successful. He said that in future also general surgery operations which are to be done through telescope method will be done. This operation is beneficial for the patient. In an operation done through open method, the patient feels more pain and also takes more time in the hospital. But after the operation done through telescope method, the patient recovers soon and goes back home.
Free operation under Ayushman Bharat Yojana: Operation of gall bladder stone is very expensive in private hospitals. Due to this, poor patients hesitate in doing it. In District Hospital Almora, it is being done free of cost under Ayushman Bharat Yojana. Earlier, patients had to go to big cities and spend thousands of rupees on this surgery. With the introduction of this facility in the District Hospital of Almora, the suffering patients of the area as well as the nearby districts will be able to get timely treatment. Along with this, there will also be relief from the running around and financial burden of big cities.
