The surgeons of the associated hospital of government Doon Medical College (GDMC) conducted an uncommon rectal surgery on a cancer patient on Thursday. Incidentally this is first such operation of its kind in Dehradun. Rectal surgery was necessitated on cancer patient Vikram Singh (55 years) a resident of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh. The surgery was conducted by a team of doctors led by Gastro- enteric surgeon Dr Vipul Kandwal. The team consisted of Oncologist Dr Navneet Jain and Anesthetist Dr Pankaj Sharma. The complicated surgery lasted for more than four hours and the patient would now be under Chemotherapy sessions in the hospital. The Medical Superintendent of the hospital Dr K K Tamta said that it is first of its kind surgery in Dehradun and it is a matter of great pride for the associated hospital of GDMC. He said that the cancer department of the hospital would be strengthened further.
The oncology department of the hospital got functional recently when Oncologist Dr Navneet Jain joined the medical college recently. Earlier this week a surgery of a cancer affected women was also conducted in the hospital which is the biggest government medical facility in the state.