Jehangir Hospital Launches a New State-of-the-Art Advanced Centre for Endoscopy

The Newz Biz Team, PUNE

Jehangir Hospital, Pune’s legacy hospital has launched a new state-of-the-art Advanced Centre for Endoscopy. Technology advancements in healthcare are rapidly changing with the advent of superior imaging technology in gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, Jehangir Hospital has taken a step forward by upgrading its Endoscopy systems and adding on newer instruments to enhance and widen its scope with this newly launched state-of-the-art Advanced Centre for Endoscopy.

The Advanced Centre for Endoscopy includes The latest Exera 3 Video Endoscopy system with 190 series endoscopes, which provide distinct advantages such as dual focus, brighter and higher contrast Narrow Band Imaging and improved image quality which are invaluable in early diagnosis of GI cancers and classification of colonic and gastric polyps without the need for biopsies. It also helps in diagnosing cancers at an early stage where using these systems and skills, early cancers or precancerous lesions can be resected even without the need for surgery. The new scopes also feature an integrated water jet channel helping the Endoscopists to have a clearer view during haemostasis in actively bleeding patients or during complex therapeutic procedures.

The EUS or Endosonography is a newer technology used primarily for 3 indications:

1. Diagnosis of very small lesions not picked up on routine imaging modalities like CT or MRI, e.g. for picking up small 2-3 mm stones in bile ducts or very small tumors even < 5 mm in diameter.
2. In addition, it allows the use of EUS guided fine needle aspiration for accurate diagnosis of GI cancers without the need for conventional biopsies.
3. Newer interventional EUS guided procedures like EUS guided biliary drainage, EUS guided Pancreatic pseudocyst drainages which today have become the norm for complicated endoscopic drainages, saving patients of prolonged percutaneous drainages or surgery.

With all the above additions, Jehangir Hospital now becomes one of the few comprehensive Advanced Endoscopy Centres’ in the city. The Centre specializes in disease of the digestive tract, which offers a full range of endoscopic services for comprehensive evaluation and treatment of the gastrointestinal tract. Our Endoscopy Center offers both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures, including upper endoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, therapeutic endoscopy, and Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), manometry and caters to paediatrics and the adult age group.

Speaking about the new centre, Vinod Sawantwadkar, CEO Jehangir Hospital said. “The centre is launched to provide world-class patient experiences by offering a one-stop solution to all GI problems and interventions in a single place, avoiding unnecessary shifting of patients or equipment to the OT for advanced therapeutic procedures. A dedicated Recovery area post endoscopy has been made to enhance patient comfort and convenience. It allows better time utilisation of the Endoscopy as well as the OT in turn increasing the patient satisfaction and ease of doing procedures for our doctors.

Commenting on the new launch Dr. Parimal Lawate, Senior Consultant and Director of Department of Gastroenterology, Jehangir Hospital said The new state-of-the- Advanced Endoscopy Centre places Jehangir Hospital at par with the best endoscopy units in the country that provide tertiary care in gastrointestinal (GI).