Ludhiana Breaking News: Fortis Hospital opens its Med Center in city

Ludhiana, December 5, 2014: The Fortis Hospital today brought the quality medical facilities nearer home with the opening of its Med Center Surya Tower, Plot Number-18 K, 1st Floor, Ferozepur Road, Opposite Punjab Agricultural University, Gate Number-1, Kartar Singh Sarabha Nagar, Ferozepur Road Ludhiana.

Inaugurating the facility here Ashish Bhatia, COO Fortis Healthcare said that located in the heart of city on Ferozepur Road and has easy access from various parts of the city. The inauguration got off to an auspicious start by Gurbani Kirtan performance. Over 100 senior citizens attended the ceremony.

"Med Centre is a facility equipped to bring health services to the masses. All the heads of departments of the Fortis Hospital would be available in evening at the Med Center wherein people can meet their doctors in the evening hours too. The basic aim is to provide flexible hours for the patients to seek treatment not depending only on morning OPDs.

Fortis MEDCENTRE will offer daily Multispecialty OPDs, Diagnostic Services, Day Care Procedures and Preventive Health Check–up services. The facility will cater to the healthcare needs of people staying in Ludhiana city, who find it difficult to visit the main facility on Chandigarh Road.

He added that apart from this visiting consultant would be available in the morning time period. The center has free ambulance service facility within the city. Keeping in view the convenience of patients it also has free transfer in its ambulance or vehicle in case of procedure to Fortis Hospital. 

Fortis MEDCENTRE will offer daily Multispecialty OPDs in Orthopaedics (Dr. Sanjeev Mahajan), Gastroenterology (Dr. Nitin Shanker Behl), Psychiatry (Dr Ajay Pal Singh), Cardiology (Dr. Paramdeep Singh Sandhu & Dr. Sandeep Chopra), Internal Medicine (Dr. Karamvir Goyal, Dr. Prashant Puri & Dr. Harpreet Kaur ), Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Dr. Vaneet Kaur & Dr. Poonam), Ophthalmology (Dr Deepak Gupta), Plastic Surgery (Dr. Nitin Sethi), Radiology (Dr. Gurneet Singh), Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics (Dt Harleen Bakshi), Urology (Dr. Ashish Jindal), Dermatology (Dr. ) and Neonatology & Paediatrics ( Dr. Ashwani Singhal), Neuro surgery ( Dr. T N Shadangi),Pulmonology (Dr.Vikas Sikri)

Diagnostic services like Pathology, ECG, Echo, TMT, X-ray and Ultrasound will also be available.

Decked with state-of-art facilities, the Med Center also has facility for dialysis center, Preventive Health Checkup (PHC), diagnostics techniques and pharmacy facilities.

Vivan Singh Gill, Facility Director, Fortis Hospital Ludhiana said, “Fortis MEDCENTRE is going to make a huge difference to our patients in Ludhiana city. Reducing the amount of time they have to travel to receive treatment will help improve their quality of life. We are very glad to be of service to them.”

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