JNIMS to treat hepatitis patients free of cost

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | July 28

Dr N. Surajkumar assistant professor gastroenterology of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences today announced that the institute will start treating viral hepatitis patients free of cost on every Tuesday.

“The Tuesday liver clinic of JNIMS will treat 200 viral hepatitis patients free of cost. Out of 200, 100 will be reserved for BPL. It will be on first come first serve basis for the patients who come within August,” he said during the observance of World Hepatitis Day being at JNIMS auditorium.

Dr Surajkumar further said treatment will start shortly after getting ethical clearance certificate from the gastroenterology department within 10 days.

JNIMS’ Manipur Liver Foundation (MLF) and Community Network for Empowerment (CoNE) organised the programme.

Surajkumar said the treatment cost is being sponsored by University of Maryland USA, Geliad Pharma and JNIMS.

K. Nolinikanta, president CoNE said viral hepatitis is one of the chronic diseases in the world. Globally 1.75 million people are infected newly by the disease while 1.4 million people died every year.

In India eight million people are infected by this disease. One reason for these is the lack of awareness among people that if viral hepatitis is detected early then it can be cured.

In Manipur CoNE screened 1678 people for Hepatitis C since 2014, out of that 788 people were found positive and CoNE had treated 64 patients for free till now, he said.

“Now this chronic disease can be cured by timely treatment and one can have a normal life span. More than seven thousand people are now living with hepatitis co-infected with HIV in Manipur. Maximum number of co-infected people are found at Churachandpur and Moreh,” said Th. Bimo, director JNIMS.

Delivering the keynote speech, Bimo said now the vaccination can stop vertical transmission of the disease from mother to child and now it is made available in the labour room.

Hepatitis is now one of the leading causes of death globally, therefore in order to raise awareness and to influence real change World Hepatitis Day are being observed on this day every year since 2011 and in Manipur it started in 2012.

This year the day is being observed on the theme “Eliminate Hepatitis.”

Dhanachandra, HoD department of medicine JNIMS and Dr L. Ranbir medical superintendent JNIMS attended the function as guest of honour and president of the function.

A poster on the theme was also released during the function.

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | July 28

Dr N. Surajkumar assistant professor gastroenterology of Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences today announced that the institute will start treating viral hepatitis patients free of cost on every Tuesday.

“The Tuesday liver clinic of JNIMS will treat 200 viral hepatitis patients free of cost. Out of 200, 100 will be reserved for BPL. It will be on first come first serve basis for the patients who come within August,” he said during the observance of World Hepatitis Day being at JNIMS auditorium.

Dr Surajkumar further said treatment will start shortly after getting ethical clearance certificate from the gastroenterology department within 10 days.

JNIMS’ Manipur Liver Foundation (MLF) and Community Network for Empowerment (CoNE) organised the programme.

Surajkumar said the treatment cost is being sponsored by University of Maryland USA, Geliad Pharma and JNIMS.

K. Nolinikanta, president CoNE said viral hepatitis is one of the chronic diseases in the world. Globally 1.75 million people are infected newly by the disease while 1.4 million people died every year.

In India eight million people are infected by this disease. One reason for these is the lack of awareness among people that if viral hepatitis is detected early then it can be cured.

In Manipur CoNE screened 1678 people for Hepatitis C since 2014, out of that 788 people were found positive and CoNE had treated 64 patients for free till now, he said.

“Now this chronic disease can be cured by timely treatment and one can have a normal life span. More than seven thousand people are now living with hepatitis co-infected with HIV in Manipur. Maximum number of co-infected people are found at Churachandpur and Moreh,” said Th. Bimo, director JNIMS.

Delivering the keynote speech, Bimo said now the vaccination can stop vertical transmission of the disease from mother to child and now it is made available in the labour room.

Hepatitis is now one of the leading causes of death globally, therefore in order to raise awareness and to influence real change World Hepatitis Day are being observed on this day every year since 2011 and in Manipur it started in 2012.

This year the day is being observed on the theme “Eliminate Hepatitis.”

Dhanachandra, HoD department of medicine JNIMS and Dr L. Ranbir medical superintendent JNIMS attended the function as guest of honour and president of the function.

A poster on the theme was also released during the function.

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