Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, May 21: One of North India’s leading healthcare providers, Max Healthcare announced the re-launch of its exclusive OPD services – The Max Med Center here today.
The Max Med Center was initially launched in Srinagar in April 2018 when OPDs were held for neurosurgery, urology and IVF.
To cater to the growing need of residents, the services were expanded to Cardiology, oncology, gastroenterology, ENT & general surgery, as well.
Present on the occasion were senior specialists including – Dr Bipin Walia, Principal Director and Head – Neurosurgery, Neurosciences, Max Hospital, Saket; Dr Vimal Dassi, Associate Director- Urology, Uro-oncology & Kidney transplant, Max Hospital, Vaishali and Dr Bhavna Banga, Associate Director- IVF, Max Hospital, Panchsheel Park.
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Anas Wajid, Senior Director and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Max Healthcare reiterated that the Max Med Center had gained popularity over the years as it was operational in the pre-pandemic years.
“Our specialists were regularly visiting the OPD centre to carry out initial work-ups for patients from Srinagar and its neighbouring areas. However, owing to the nationwide travel restrictions in the past two years, we had to temporarily discontinue,” he said.
Continuing the momentum, experts shared the recent innovations in Robotic-assisted surgeries in Urology, the latest advances in neurosurgery and world-class techniques being deployed in IVF and reproductive health.
They also emphasised the need for identification of early symptoms, risk factors, preventive measures and diagnosis of various diseases related to their specialities.
“Several cases related to neurological disorders get delayed in reaching super speciality centres for diagnosis and treatment due to lack of awareness as well as unavailability of super specialists in the neighbourhood. We are hopeful that such delays will be drastically cut with the re-opening of the Max Med Center,” Dr Bipin Walia, Principal Director and Head – of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences said.
Talking about urological disorders, Dr Vimal Dassi, Associate Director- Urology, Uro-oncology & Kidney transplant said that there is an increasing prevalence in tier-II cities of urological disorders including prostate-related ailments, erectile dysfunction, urine incontinence and male infertility being most prominent among several others.
Dr Bhavna Banga, Associate Director- IVF said that it is commonly believed that infertility is a concern and limited to residents of tier I cities, only.
“However, various lifestyle modifications and related stress are percolating to tier II and III cities. We have patients regularly visiting our OPDs with infertility related complications,” Dr Bhavna Banga said.
Starting from today, the OPDs will be conducted for the above-mentioned specialities for patients on specified days of the month from 10 am to 5.30 pm”, Wajid said.
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