Cancer treatment: Chinese doctors help 12 patients

RAWALPINDI: A team of Chinese  doctors in collaboration with local staff at the Centre for Liver and Digestive Diseases’ (CLD) at Holy Family Hospital (HFH) on Saturday successfully conducted surgeries through Endoscopic Ultrasound Versus Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) on patients suffering from  liver, pancreas and gall bladder cancers.

Talking to APP, Rawalpindi Medical College Principal and head of HFH Dr Umer said a team of doctors from China including Dr Chou and Dr Lee Pong performed surgeries on 12 cancer patients at a two-day International training workshop on basic and advanced techniques.

Dr Umer said that surgeries using the advanced ERCP technique helped treat patients suffering from liver, gall bladder and pancreatic cancers.

Dr Chou and Dr Lee also checked 12 liver patients who have had transplants, while 15 patients suffering from liver cancer were also examined. Dr Umer said that surgeries on 30 patients would be carried out on Sunday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, August 28^th, 2016.