To diagnose and treat diseases in nearly every organ system, the Grant Medical College (GMC) and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals became the first public medical college and hospital in the city to start a postgraduate course in interventional radiology, a medical subspecialty of radiology utilising minimally invasive image-guided procedures, as per the report by Hindustan Times.
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For interventional radiology this year, the institute will be getting its first five students. The interventional radiology concept helps in diagnosing and treating patients using invasive techniques that involve less risk, less pain, and takes less recovery time compared to conventional open surgeries.
A month back, Dr Hemant Deshmukh, the ex-dean of KEM Hospital, joined the department as an honorary professor. He said this sub-speciality of radiology has come a long way as many interventional radiologists are doing onco-intervention apart from treating random diseases.