LUCKNOW, Dec. 12 -- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS), Lucknow, has launched a specialised clinic for the management of fatty liver disease and obesity, conditions rising rapidly across India. The clinic, inaugurated on Thursday at the Advanced Diabetic Centre (D-Block, 3rd floor), will operate every Thursday, bringing together liver specialists, endocrinologists and diet experts under one roof to streamline patient care.

Prof Amit Goyal, head of hepatology, outlined the clinic's multi-layered services, including body-fat assessment via bioimpedance analysis, fibroscan for early detection of liver fibrosis, diet and lifestyle counselling, exercise and metabolic monitoring, medical therapy including newly...