Gujarat Health minister Rushikesh Patel on Saturday inaugurated a “skill lab for surgery” of the ear-nose-throat (ENT) department at GMERS Hospital, Sola in Ahmedabad. The centre is a first-of-its-kind for Gujarat.
Dr Neena Bhalodiya, head of ENT department at GMERS Hospital, informed that there are only five to six such ENT labs across the country, including one each in Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa and Dehradun.
These labs make possible simple to complicated surgeries. The skill labs have specialised instruments and currently the practice involves aspiring ENT surgeons attending workshops held at these specific skill labs across the country. Patel inaugurated a high-end microscope worth around Rs 50 lakh, donated to the hospital’s ENT department by Dr Bhalodiya’s husband, Dr H.P. Bhalodiya.
At the event held at Gujarat University of Transplantation Sciences, the minister also conferred degrees on 171 students.
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