The NTPC Hospital in Chhattisgarh's industrial town Korba has launched laparoscopic Surgery facility, the first of its kind for any NTPC hospital located at various stations.
The facility was formally inaugurated by Suprakash Mukharjee, General Manager (Maintenance). To mark the beginning, three employees of NTPC Korba were also operated on the inaugural day by a team of surgeons and anaesthetists from NTPC and Apollo Hospitals, Bilaspur. All the three patients were also discharged on the third day without any complication.
Dr Sunil Kedia, Dr S laha (from Apollo) and Dr B R Soren, Dr I R lahiri, Dr Brijesh Jain, Dr M B Joseph (from NTPC) were part of the team. Dr Mrs M Bajpai, Chief Medical Officer, NTPC Hospital was also present on this occasion. It is to be noted here that laparoscopic Surgery is one of the latest surgical techniques involving lesser pain and shorter recovery time for the patient.