Brig Tathagat Chatterjee, Commandant of Military Hospital, Jammu, visits Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital in Kakryal, Reasi district. A Tribune photo

Tribune News Service

Jammu, December 29

Commandant of Military Hospital, Jammu, Brig Tathagat Chatterjee, who is a reputed haemato-oncopathologist, visited Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Narayana Superspeciality Hospital (SMVDNSH).Brigadier Chatterjee inspected the various departments of the hospital along with Dr (Brig) Man Mohan Harjai, Chief Administrative Officer, SMVDNSH.He took keen interest in the state-of-the-art, hi-end diagnostic and treatment equipment and other facilities at the 230-bedded super-speciality hospital established by Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board in association with Narayana Health to provide tertiary-level medical care services.Brigadier Chatterjee evinced keen interest in the functioning of oncology, comprising the departments of surgical oncology, medical oncology, haemato oncology and radiation oncology.The Haemato-Oncology Department is expected to start functioning by the end of February 2017 and will cater to all haematological cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma apart from other blood-related disorders, such as iron deficiency, anaemia, haemophilia, sickle cell disease, thalassemia and so on.Interacting with senior doctors and other functionaries at SMVDNSH , Brig. Chatterjee discussed the treatment protocols being practiced in various departments.