SGPGI Lucknow to treat Hepatitis C patients for free
SGPGIMS
Lucknow: In a major move, the government-run hospital, the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) Lucknow, has decided to provide free treatment to hepatitis C patients from June this year.
The SGPGIMS is set to become the nodal centre of the National Viral Hepatitis Control Programme.
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Till now, King George's Medical University (KGMU) was the only centre in the city to extend the facility. There are seven such centres in all UP and 75 in India.
For the patient, a free treatment of the disease would mean saving a minimum of Rs 20,000 which goes into sustaining the three-month-long regime when the medicine is purchased from the institute's in-house medical stores.
The cost is at least 50-60 percent higher in case the medicine is procured from the open market.
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