Belle Vue Clinic has collaborated with Max Hospital, Saket, Delhi, to introduce advanced liver care and gastro treatment facilities in Eastern India. This was announced by Dr. Sanjiv Saigal, Principal Director and Head, Hepatology and Liver Transplant Medicine, Max Hospital, and Shri P Tondon, CEO, Belle Vue Clinic.

To make people aware of the increasing liver diseases and how advanced treatment modalities can be helpful in improving the quality of life, Max Hospital, Saket announced the launch of its exclusive OPD services for liver-related ailments at Belle Vue Clinic.

Dr. Saigal expressed concern over the lifestyle of the people and how it can lead to various liver disorders, including liver scarring or liver cirrhosis, fatty liver, hepatitis B & C, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver, drug-induced liver diseases, liver cancer, liver transplantation, etc.

The quality of life over the past two decades has significantly improved, but the economic prosperity has led to some lifestyle illnesses, with far-reaching consequences, and increasing health care burden. Changes in lifestyle, obesity, and rising incidence of diabetes have contributed to the “lifestyle health crisis”.

Hepatitis B & C, alcohol, and non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases are among the top causes of liver ailments in India, including West Bengal. Besides, there has been a recent rise in Drug-Induced Liver Injury (DILI), in the wake of the covid pandemic, which is likely due to the indiscriminate and uncontrolled use of various drugs (both allopathic and complementary and alternative medicines) as immunity boosters.

With such awareness among the people, liver diseases caused by alcohol consumption or non-alcoholic causes can be detected earlier. It will help in saving the lives of the people.

Priyanka Dutta