Suraksha Diagnostic Limited Organised an Insightful Session on Interventional Radiology Procedure

News Desk, News Nation 360 : The largest diagnostic chain in Eastern India, Suraksha Diagnostic Limited ("Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics"), which is accredited by the NABL and CAP, hosted an educational session on interventional radiology procedures at its Shyambazar location. This follows the Grand Radiology Meet 2025, where Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, in partnership with United Imaging, unveiled the UAcademy Learning Centre. During the discussion, Dr Soham Dasgupta, a general surgeon with MBBS MS (GEN SURG) FIGES FALS FMAS FAIS FISCP FAGEIN (COLONOSCOPY) FACRSI, and Dr Ankit Singh, MBBS, MD Radio Diagnosis, Consultant Radiologist at Suraksha Clinic and Diagnostics, were present. Speaking on the Interventional Radiology Procedures session, Dr Ankit Singh, MBBS, MD Radio Diagnosis, Consultant Radiologist at Suraksha Clinic & Diagnostics, stated that FNAC and image-guided biopsies have transformed contemporary diagnosis. They can precisely target even small or deeply seated lesions using real-time ultrasound and CT guidance, resulting in less discomfort, fewer problems, and a quicker recovery. Their mission at Suraksha Diagnostic Shyambazar is to offer accurate, secure, and reasonably priced biopsy services in order to guarantee prompt and precise diagnosis and improve patient outcomes. Experts at the Grand Radiology Meet 2025 spoke about the potential of IR to replace major surgeries with "small incidence" procedures like angioplasty and robot-assisted surgery. IR specialists, with the help of real-time ultrasound, CT, and MRI, can carry out highly precise diagnostic and therapeutic procedures like Image-Guided FNAC and Trucut Biopsy with 90 to 95% accuracy. Such day-care procedures not only result in minimal pain and scarring but also promote quicker recovery, besides providing valuable tissue samples for carrying out essential genetic profiling. MRI-guided procedures, in particular, assume immense significance in the Indian context, especially in the detection of Stage 0 and Stage 1 cancers that may not show up in conventional diagnostic procedures. Despite the potential benefits that IR can provide, the field faces considerable challenges, including the acute shortage of IR specialists, with merely 600 IR experts catering to a vast population of 1.3+ billion people in the country, and the absence of infrastructure in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, besides the issue of import and the lack of formal training programs in IR procedures. Although IR provides a safer and more precise alternative to conventional surgical procedures, the need to bridge the knowledge gap among physicians to promote IR in the Indian medical landscape cannot be overlooked, and the challenges that IR currently faces can be overcome to bring about a revolution in the field of cancer and vascular treatments in the country, making the benefits of such advanced diagnostic procedures available to a wider segment of the population.

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