Snapshots from nLighten Club's 1st meeting

Presenting some of the snapshots of our 1st support group meeting of nLighten Club which was held at Sugar N Spice @ L P Savani Rd, Surat.
Seen here is our Nutritionist Priyanka explaining the purpose behind nLighten Club

Some of our patients had shared their experience after Bariatric Surgery

Seen here Mr Riaz and Mrs. Naznin from England. Naznin had multiple issues related to obesity before surgery and gradually at 6 months now she is free from all problems apart from the excellent weight loss

Patients and audience

One of our patient, a wellknown figure in Surat who heads many committees in Surat, right from Schools to hospitals. He is C.A Mr. Dharmesh Tamakuwala sharing his experience after Surgery

The purpose of this club is to unite patients who have been operated, patients who want to know about surgery, and people who want to keep themselves healthy.
We had invited patients who were operated elsewhere too. Seen Here is one of the patient who is operated in other center sharing her experience

A patient's relative speaking how they are contemplating and thinking about bariatric surgery.

Dr. Vikram Lotwala , Bariatric Surgeon explaining about the purpose of this meeeting

The star speaker, Dr. Jayendra Kapadia, speaking at the event, where he had the audience in to splits of laughter by his humor

Team Wings - Dr. Vilesh Gandhi and Dr. Vikram Lotwala

There was a small press meet to highlight the importance of nLighten club and to raise the awareness of obesity, especially childhood obesity.

There was enthusiastic response from the media as most newspapers and channels had covered the event.

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