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Hinduja Hospital Unveils India’s First Travel Clinic
EHM News Bureau - Mumbai
P D Hinduja hospital has recently started India’s first travel clinic.
As the name suggests, it is a clinic that specialises in travelers’ health
requirements. The clinic will offer advice to anyone planning to travel, whether
by land, air or sea and are proving to be the most convenient way for travellers
to get themselves forewarned and forearmed about health dangers overseas.
Dr Tanu Singhal has been instrumental in setting up this clinic.
“The hospital boasts of a team of highly-professional medical staff, keen
on making people aware of the health hazards when in another country and the
ways to deal with it,” said Dr Singhal, who is especially trained in travel
medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK.
The ideal time to pay a visit to the clinic would be four to six weeks prior
to your trip as vaccines and medicines should be taken well in advance. “However,
even if you plan a trip on short notice, you should visit the travel clinic
as you can still benefit from our advice,” says Dr Singhal. Why does one
need to visit the clinic? “Travel carries with it a certain risk of illness.
Observing certain precautions and taking correct medicines and vaccines can
prevent many of these illnesses. Also medical care at the destination may be
difficult to find or very expensive. Hence, knowledge about emergency management
of illnesses can be very handy,” Dr Singhal adds.
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