Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, is one of the best academic sections in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Lahore Medical & Dental College (LMDC)/ Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital (GTTH). It offers state-of-the-art training opportunity to aspiring physicians. Aiming to change the health care environment in the country, the section promotes both evidence-based and humanistic approaches to clinical decision-making in gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Prof. Nusrat ullah Chaudry Head of Department

Dr. Shamail Zafar Assistant Professor

Objectives
The objectives of the Gastroenterology section at the Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Lahore are several:

• Provide State of the Art Medical Care in diseases related to the Gastrointestinal tract
• Educate Patients with regard to their disease process
• Perform research to advance knowledge in Gastrointestinal diseases
• Provide education to community physicians and lay people

Services
Gastroenterology section offers state-of-the-art inpatient services. It is one of the centres in the country which provides 24-hour emergency endoscopic services for life threatening gastroenterological emergencies like acute lower and upper gastrointestinal bleeds.

An ever-growing list of endoscopic services is available for all types of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures like gastroscopy, colonoscopy, polypectomy, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG tube placement) and foreign body removal. State-of-the-art equipment, faculty and ancillary staff is available round-the-clock.

The section provides high quality standard care for liver and pancreato-biliary diseases. It takes the responsibility of providing updated uniform care for liver cirrhosis and its complications. It is also a referral centre for interventional procedures like Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP); biliary and pancreatic duct stenting and stone removal; oesophageal, entral and colonic stenting.

A dedicated team backed by a fully equipped Intensive Care Unit (ICU) provides round-the-clock care for critically ill patients with acute liver failure and gastrointestinal bleed.

A coordinated service in collaboration with radiologists and histopathologists is available to diagnose and manage a variety of liver diseases. The section of Gastroenterology offers percutaneous ethanol injections for liver cancer patients & modern treatment like Transarterial Chemoembolization is in pipeline.

Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders diagnosis laboratory, 24-hour pH monitoring, urea Breath Test (UBT), gastric accommodation studies will also be available soon.