KCR opens cost-effective gastroenterology hospital

Hospital has advanced facilities for treatment of diseases relared to stomach, liver, pancreas & gall bladder.

Cygnus Institute of Gastroenterology, an exclusive hospital dedicated to gastroenterology, was inaugurated by Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Also present at the event was M Krishna Rao, MLA, Kukatpally constituency. The hospital has advanced facilities for the treatment of diseases related to stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder and pancreas.

Cygnus has a team of specialists in medical and surgical gastroenterology, and an intensives’ team for patients suffering from serious liver disease besides a team of surgical oncologists available to treat patients suffering from cancers of the stomach, intestines, liver and gall bladder.

With a speciality care in gastroenterology, it not only serves patients directly, but also has a referral centre for various multi-speciality hospitals within 15 km radius. Patients benefit from high end equipment like advanced endoscopy procedures, including ERCP, manometers. The hospital also has a dedicated team of doctors available round-the-clock to manage patients with intestinal bleeding, serious abdominal pain, liver diseases, etc.

The treatment is cost effective too and almost 50 per cent less than any other corporate hospital. Cygnus aims at being accessible to a wide section of society, providing a comprehensive range of services while minimising hospital costs and waiting time. In fact, there is a special day care centre to minimise costs and hospital admissions.

The chief gastroenterologist and CEO of Cygnus has more than a decades’ experience in the field and has been trained in premier institutes in India and around the world, including the United States and Europe. He completed his post-graduate training from AIIMS, New Delhi, and is the only gastroenterologist from Hyderabad to receive specialised training in advanced endoscopy from the reputed endoscopy centre Erasme University, Brussels, Belgium.