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ANTH establishes Enhanced Recovery Program

June 04, 2022

ISLAMABAD, June 04 (INP): Dr Akbar Niazi Teaching hospital (ANTH) has successfully established an innovative program called Enhanced Recovery Program (ERP) to provide best quality services to the patients. ERP has been started at ANTH aiming to shorten the hospital length of stay for patients. It would also facilitate early mobility and better, pain-free recovery while improving outcomes. This recovery program is improving overall treatment experiences of the patients who undergoes complex and advance surgeries like colorectal and GI surgeries. This program is successively running under a multidisciplinary team of experienced members including Surgeons, Anesthesiologists, nurses, Physiotherapist and Dietitian and is led by Prof. Dr. Rizwan Aziz who is eminent cancer and general surgeon, recently returned from the U.K. Imran Ali Ghouri, Head of ANTH Communications, told journalists that ERP is another international standard facility introduced at the hospital after Tumor Board and that ANTH management is determined to keep enhancing quality of care following the acquisition of ISO certification.