An ENT Camp was held at Gandhinagar Hospital, CCl Ranchi on Monday under CSR . The camp was inaugurated by Director (Personnel) CCl, RS Mahapatra. The theme of the camp was early detection of deafness, preventive measures to be taken and make doctors and public aware about Cochlear Implant surgery for deaf ,mute patients. Oral cancer, thyroid was also examined and patients were made aware of the dangers of tobacco.
About 121 patients were examined by Dr.(Prof) Mohan Jagade (J J Group of Hospital, Mumbai), Dr. RK Jha and Dr SP Ranjan (Gandhinagar Hospital, CCl) and out of them 80 patients were suffering from deafness of moderate to severe degree of hearing loss, 17 patients needed surgery for Nose & Ear including 2 patients for cochlear implant surgery and about 40 patients needed hearing aids and rest of the patients were medically treated and medicine were given free of cost to all the patients who attended CSR Camp.
Out of 4 ENT camp held under CSR at different Central hospitals of CCl in year 2016-17, more than 100 patients were needed Hearing aids, about 70 patients needed different surgeries of Ear, Nose, Thyroid and Tonsils including 5 patients who needed Cochlear implant surgery.
CMS CCl Dr PK Gupta, CMS in-charge Gandhinagar hospital Dr RR Sinha, SN Mahto, Sister Sarojini, Brother Albin, Jagannath Mishra, Navin Kumar, Ramendra Singh helped for the successful completion of the camp.