Tamil Nadu: GEM Hospital gets exclusive Women's ward

Chennai: Making medical facilities available to women and constantly thriving to improve their health, GEM Hospital recently launched the Department of Obstetrics & Exclusive Women's Ward.

Inaugurating the department, Renowned Tamil orator, public speaker, and host Bharathi Baskar congratulated Dr. C Palanivelu, founder and chairman and the hospital for the amazing initiative towards women.

GEM Hospital was initially started as Coimbatore Institute of Gastrointestinal Endo-Surgery (CIGES) in the year 1991 by its founder Dr.C.Palanivelu. Over the next 10 years, the institute grew in stature to become the sought-after destination for laparoscopic surgery and gastroenterology. Dr.Palanivelu established Asia's first exclusive gastroenterology and advanced laparoscopic surgery centre named GEM Hospital in 2001.

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Dr. Palanivelu, told TNIE "GEM Hospital has been providing exclusive gynec-surgical care for women for 30 years. We are happy to introduce our Department of Obstetrics with state-of-the-art labour suites and exclusive women's ward. The strong OBG and ICU team at GEM Hospital offers excellent care of high-risk pregnancies taking specialized care of pregnant women with complex maternal-fetal conditions."

Dr. S Asokan, CEO, GEM Hospital, Chennai said, "The department of Obstetrics at GEM hospital has Level1 NICU set-up, 24/7 Intensivist manned ICU, and has the facility to perform laparoscopic surgeries in pregnancy. Our newly inaugurated centre will provide patients with privacy with exclusive women's ward."

Dr. P Senthilnathan, the director, of GEM Hospital, said, "GEM gynaec team will take necessary steps to give personalized care to their patients, to create awareness about health issues faced by women and the need to get treatment at the right time. GEM Hospital is a centre of excellence in laparoscopic and robotic removal of fibroid and cancer of uterus and ovary."

"Our experienced team of doctors in the department consists of Dr. R Karthikha, laparoscopy and robotic gynecologist, Dr. Anitha, obstetrician, Dr. Niveditha and Dr. Rukkayal Fathima, reproductive medicine, Dr. Vanmathy, pain medicine and anaesthesiologist, and Dr. Delphin Supriya, gynaec oncosurgery. The exclusive women's ward will be a one-stop solution to provide guidance and treatment for all illnesses faced by women and diseases related to breasts," he added.

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