A 23–year-old woman got a new lease of life when she was operated  upon succesfully for rare congenital urological abnormality at Adesh Hospital here on Tuesday. The patient, a native of Bihar, was operated for congenital Megaureter  (hugely dialted urine draining pipe of kidney) by Urologist Dr. Saurabh Gupta and his team. Dr. Gupta said, “The girl had urinary difficulties and abdominal pain since childhood for which she had consulted many doctors in her region. The megaureter measured about 95 mm in width and had severley compromised functioning of the kidney for which she was advised kidney removal at many places.” , Dr. Gupta, along with his doctor team members reconstructed the megaureter and saved her kidney. The girl is doing well now and relieved of her problems. Dr. Gurpreet Singh Gill claimed this was the first surgery of its type performed in our region.

25 year old male from Bathinda city got a major relief from pain and discomfort when more than 150 stones were successfully removed from his left kidney by Urologist Dr. Saurabh Gupta at Adesh Hospital Bathinda. Dr. Saurabh Gupta told our correspondent that this young male had presented to them with severe pain and on evaluation he was found to have Horseshoe Kidney with Pelviureteric Junction obstruction on left side with more than 150 stones in it. Horseshoe kidney is a congenital kidney abnormality in which both kidneys are fused together and are low lying. It is found in 1 every 600 births and makes surgery difficult because of abnormal anatomy. Dr. Saurabh Gupta and his team comprising of Dr. Vikas Gupta performed stone removal with pyeloplasty and made this rare surgery a success. Dr Gurpreet Singh Gill (MS ADMIN AIMSR) told that this difficult surgery was probably done for the very first time in the region and the patient is doing well after the surgery. He told that Adesh hospital is committed to provide all Super speciality services to the region at affordable rates and patients no longer to need to go to far of cities for difficult urological procedures.

Dr. Gurpreet Singh Gill Director, Adesh University, Bathinda and Vice President, Adesh Medical College and Hospital Shabad, Haryana, received a warm welcome from the Principal, Medical Superintendent, Faculty and Staff of Adesh Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (AIMSR) after registering a landslide victory in the Punjab Medical Council Election 2018; the results of which were declared on 26th August 2018. It is pertinent to mention that in the elections held recently, 23 doctors of the state of Punjab filed their nomination papers for ten posts of the members of Punjab Medical Council. Dr. Gurpreet Singh Gill bagged First Position by polling 5672 votes.

Dr. Gurpreet Singh Gill is a compassionate, experienced, hard working leader and dynamic & versatile medical teacher and surgeon. His vision of ensuring wholesale reforms in medical education and clinical practice in Punjab has been accepted by the electorate and they have reinforced his vision by ensuring his landslide victory.

While welcoming him in the campus of Adesh University Dr. G.L Sharma Principal (AIMSR), Dr. A.S Bansal (Medical Superintendent), Dr. Rakendra Singh, Dr. Rajiv Mahajan,Dr. Saurabh Gupta, Mr.  Kulwant Singh, Mr. Ashutosh Nagpal, Mr. Gurjant Singh and Col. Wishva Mitter were in attendance.

Speaking on the occasion Dr. Gurpreet Singh Gill thanked all the voters for casting their votes in his favor. He promised to revamp the Medical Education System in Punjab.