JIPMER strengthens advanced Pain Management services, opens Cryoanalgesia unit

Puducherry, Oct 5 (UNI) The central government-administered Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Puducherry further strengthened its specialised pain management services with the inauguration of an Advanced Cryoanalgesia Unit at its premises on Monday. The facility was inaugurated by Dr. Saka Vinod Kumar, Medical Superintendent, JIPMER, in the presence of Dr. Satyen Parida, Head of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Dr.Prem Kumar, Pain Physician, Chennai, along with faculty members, residents and staff of the department. Cryoanalgesia is an advanced interventional pain management technique that uses controlled application of cold temperatures to targeted nerves to…