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Pakistan GI and Liver Diseases Society Inauguration

KARACHI: A group of gastroenterologists from Karachi has joined hands on Thursday to from a Pakistan Network of Liver and Gasteroenterology (PNLG), a body vowing to enhance public awareness regarding gastrointestinal diseases and issues.
Prominent gastroenterologists on Thursday advised the people to use home-cooked food and avoid deep-fried foods items like pakoras, samosas, fried dumplings, high-fat cooked foods like parathas, oily curries and greasy pastries.
They suggested that home-made fresh food, fruits, yoghurt and lots of fluids should be preferred in the holy month of Ramazan. They said this while addressing a press conference on the launching of Pakistan Network of Liver and Gastroenterology (PNLG) at Karachi Press Club here on Thursday.
The eminent gastroenterologists, Dr. Lubna Kamani, Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Dr. Shahid, Dr. Nazish Butt and Dr. Sajjad Jameel were addressed a joint press conference and later also cut the cake to launch the ‘PNLG’ network.
Addressing the occasion, Dr. Sajjad Jameel said the World Digestive Health Day will be observed on May 29, this year on the theme “Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)”, is also being celebrated along with the launching of the PNLG network.

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Pakistan GI and Liver Diseases Society Inauguration

KARACHI: A group of gastroenterologists from Karachi has joined hands on Thursday to from a Pakistan Network of Liver and Gasteroenterology (PNLG), a body vowing to enhance public awareness regarding gastrointestinal diseases and issues.
KARACHI:Pakistan Network of Liver and Gasteroenterology (PNLG) has been launched to hold public awareness sessions throughout Pakistan, and also to train the general practitioners and young doctors for treatment of gastrointestinal and liver diseases effectively in future. This was announced by eminent gastroenterologists from different public and private hospitals in Karachi during launching ceremony of PNLG in a media briefing held at Karachi Press Club. The PNLG body was a body comprising top gastroenterologists from different public and private hospitals in Karachi. Coordinator of the PNLG, Prof Dr Shahid Ahmed also unveiled the PNLG website in news conference, saying through the website common people and young doctors could freely approach senior gastroenterologists in Karachi and learn about various health conditions and seek guidance in their training and management. Renowned Gastroenterologists from various leading hospitals including Dr Zahid Azam, Dr Hafeezullah Shaikh, Dr Sajjad Jamil, Dr Lubna Kamani, Dr Shahid Mahmood, Dr Nazish Butt, Dr Mukesh Kumar and several other were also present. Prof Shahid feared increase of gastrointestinal diseases in coming Ramazan as the holy month is falling in hot weather and advised the people to avoid over-eating, prefer homemade food and avoid roadside drinks, Pakoras and Samosas which are the major cause of diarrhea and gastroenteritis. Relating the creation of PNLG with World Digestive Disease Day, which would be observed on May 29 all over the world, they said stomach and intestinal diseases were on the rise in Pakistan, especially among women but they were reluctant in approaching male gastroenterologists due to their reluctance and natural shyness in this society. He said aims and objectives of this network is the enhance understanding of common people regarding stomach and intestinal diseases, their symptoms, improve available treatment options and precautions that can prevent them from various preventable diseases. –Agencies

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Pakistan GI and Liver Diseases Society Inauguration

KARACHI: A group of gastroenterologists from Karachi has joined hands on Thursday to from a Pakistan Network of Liver and Gasteroenterology (PNLG), a body vowing to enhance public awareness regarding gastrointestinal diseases and issues.

The body will also hold training sessions for young doctors so that they could properly diagnose and treat stomach diseases and serve the people effectively, members claimed.

Members of newly formed Pakistan Network of Liver and Gasteroenterology (PNLG) cut a cake at Karachi Press Club (KPC) to formally launch the forum.

“Aims and objectives of this network are to enhance understanding of common people regarding stomach and intestinal diseases, their symptoms, improve available treatment options and precautions that can prevent them from various preventable diseases”, Coordinator of the PNLG Dr. Shahid Ahmed said.

He claimed that a bunch of gastroenterologists from different public and private hospitals in Karachi are part of this newly formed body.

Liaquat National Hosptial’s Assistant Prof. Dr. Sajjad Jamil said that various health conditions related to stomach, internal organs and intestines could be treated if diagnosed at earlier stages. He urged people to consult them in case of any problem related to stomach, liver and intestines.

Dr. Lubna Kamani from AKUH deplored that there were hardly five to six qualified female gastroenterologists in Karachi and due to their extreme shortage; female patients were reluctant to approach male doctors and often end up in developing cancers of colon or intestines.

Dr. Kamani said their network would also train young female doctors in Karachi and other districts of Sindh so that problems of 52 percent female population could be addressed and they could get quality treatment near to their abodes.

Dr. Nazish Butt from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JMPC) said many women in Pakistan die annually due to absence of qualified female health experts. She urged women having gastrointestinal problems to approach qualified female consultants instead of going to quacks.

However she did not elaborate as where the female patients should consult since there was shortage of female doctors.

Dr. Zahid Azam from DUHS, Dr. Hafeezullah Shaikh, Dr. Shahid Mahood from NMC and Dr. Mukesh Kumar from Liaquat college of Dentistry also spoke.

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