::: Dr. Ashok Gupta ::: Cosmetic Surgeon ::: Body Contouring ::: Breast Augmentation ::: Rhinoplasty ::: Cleft Lip and Palate ::: Nose Defects ::: Burn Management :::

Indian Express (English Daily : Ludhiana)
Bhupinder Singh, 38 years old head constable of Jammu & Kashmir Armed Police had lost sensation in the left arm. He got treatment from Army hospital & at Jammu Medical College, where skin grafting was done. Despite this treatment, he was not able to use his hand properly. Most muscles of the arm was badly damaged and reconstructed through microsurgery by
Dr. A. K. Gupta. After the surgery, Bhupinder was successfully able to perform all the duties within a year.

Indian Express (English Daily 2000, Mumbai)
Surgery for Children with Deformities; GratisDeformed and defective faces often are left un-attended and ignored as nature's punishment. Fresh Start Surgical Gifts offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost. Dr. Gupta himself has been involved in conducting free reconstructive surgery for children and young adults, particularly from tribal areas during last two decades. By holding free surgery camp for these people, we have been able to give "Fresh Start" to their lives, which they can lead with greater confidence and self-image.

Nav Bharat Times (Hindi Daily 2000, New Delhi)
New ray of hope for children with physical deformities. Deformed and defective faces often are left un-attended and ignored as nature's punishment. Fresh Start Surgical Gifts offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost. Dr. Gupta himself has been involved in conducting free reconstructive surgery for children and young adults, particularly from tribal areas during last two decades. By holding free surgery camp for these people, we have been able to give "Fresh Start" to their lives, which they can lead with greater confidence and self-image.

Times of India (English Daily : Ludhiana)
There are many patients in this world who are approaching the hospitals for the loss of neural tissue, but they are unable to get proper treatment. Only four to five micro neural surgeons are there in the complete country, informed Dr. Gupta, who is a leading pioneer Surgeon in brachial plexus injuries from the Bombay Hospital, Mumbai. Dr. Gupta was attending the workshop, which was held at Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana for microsurgical repair of brachial plexus injuries. Dr. Gupta informed that there are better chances of recovery in the younger patients rather than older patients with brachial plexus surgery. He told that grafting is done at the area affected. Live operation was carried out followed by queries asked by the doctor. Main aim of this workshop was to part information regarding the revolution in the field of microvascular surgery by educating more and more doctors.

Abhiyan (Gujarati Monthly 2001, Mumbai)
"Providing a Fresh Start to bruised lives: A Voluntary Organization Deformed and defective faces often are left un-attended and ignored as nature's punishment. Fresh Start Surgical Gifts offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost. Dr. Gupta himself has been involved in conducting free reconstructive surgery
for children and young adults, particularly from tribal areas during last two decades. By holding free surgery camp for these people, we have been able to give "Fresh Start" to their lives, which they can lead with greater confidence and self-image.

Bombay Times ; Times of India (English Daily 2001, Mumbai)
Plastic Surgery offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost.

Guru Publication (English Weekly 2001, Mumbai)
Giving Life a Fresh Start: Like any normal girl of her age, Meena, 18 years old from the tribal belt of Maharashtra had dreams and aspirations of her own. At an early age, she developed a small boil on her left nostril, which ultimately ate away her third of the face. Born in to a poor family of 10, despite her deformities persisted in her schooling up to 9th grade. Eventually the taunts of her schoolmates became too painful for her to bear and she gave up her studies. Meena has undergone three stages of reconstructive surgery by Dr. Gupta under the banner of Fresh Start Surgical Gifts India Chapter and her defect and associated misery may finally end. Dr. Gupta is keen to give a new lease of life to any one requiring treatment.

Hindustan Times (English Daily 2001, Ludhiana)
Workshop on Reconstructive Surgery: Plastic Surgery Unit of Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana will organize a workshop on Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and Burn injuries. The workshop conducted by Dr. A. K. Gupta, a leading plastic
& microvascular surgeon from Mumbai, will be attended by 80 delegates & medical students all over the region. The workshop was aimed at talking to doctors out the latest developments in this field through seminars & live operative sessions said Dr. Gupta. The most awaited event would be live operative session by Dr. Gupta in the surgical room, watched by all doctors & answers would be given to the queries asked.

Jan Satta (Marathi Daily July 2001, Mumbai)
Physical Deformities being overcome by: Fresh Start Deformed and defective faces often are left un-attended and ignored as nature's punishment. Fresh Start Surgical Gifts offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost. Dr. Gupta himself has been involved in conducting free reconstructive surgery for children and young adults, particularly from tribal areas during last two decades. By holding free surgery camp for these people, we have been able to give "Fresh Start" to their lives, which they can lead with greater confidence and self-image.

Janma Bhoomi (Gujarati Daily 2001, Mumbai)
New ray of hope for children with physical deformities. Deformed and defective faces often are left un-attended and ignored as nature's punishment. Fresh Start Surgical Gifts offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost. Dr. Gupta himself has been involved in conducting free reconstructive surgery for children and young adults, particularly from tribal areas during last two decades. By holding free surgery camp for these people, we have been able to give "Fresh Start" to their lives, which they can lead with greater confidence and self-image.

Nav Bharat (Hindi Daily 2001, Mumbai)
Smile returns on the face following the devastating earthquake. The killer earthquake of January crumpled her small world under its ferocious feet and left Razia Hussain, 15 years from Kheesra in Gujarat homeless and badly injured her leg. The scars of the quake in her mind went even deeper when the teenager, who remained buried in the debris for two days, was told that she may be amputated in her right leg, which left her shattered. Dr. Ashok Gupta, micro and plastic surgeon, was her Samaritan, who performed two complicated and laborious operations saved her leg from amputation, making her one of the luckier victims to survive the quake and aftermath.

Nav Bharat Times (Hindi Daily 2001, Mumbai)
Free Reconstructive Surgery facilities for earth quake victims; The killer earthquake of January crumpled life of many people. Dr. Ashok Gupta, micro and plastic surgeon and head of the Fresh Start Surgical Gifts a non Government Organization have offered free surgeries to these patients.

Sunday Nav Bharat Times (Hindi Daily 2001, Mumbai)
Efforts to transform ugly faces in to beautiful Faces: Fresh Start Deformed and defective faces often are left un-attended and ignored as nature's punishment. Fresh Start Surgical Gifts offers them a second chance; physical reconstruction is no longer a privilege of rich. Now with the Organization Fresh Start Surgical Gifts being headed by Dr. Gupta, underprivileged can avail facilities for constructive surgery, all free of cost. Dr. Gupta himself has been involved in conducting free reconstructive surgery
for children and young adults, particularly from tribal areas during last two decades. By holding free surgery camp for these people, we have been able to give "Fresh Start" to their lives, which they can lead with greater confidence and self-image.

Times of India (English Daily 2001, Mumbai)
"Providing a Fresh Start to bruised lives: Sujata's 20 years old battle with rare birth defect may finally end in the form of a Fresh Start, a city based charitable organization. Sujata who has one of the rare birth defect with only one functioning eye, nose and half of the brain not developed, would be treated free of charges in India / USA under the banner of Fresh Start Surgical Gifts. Dr. Gupta is keen to give a new lease of life to any one requiring treatment.

The Free Press Journal (English Daily 2001, Mumbai)
"Fresh lease of life and hope for quake victim": The killer earthquake of January crumpled her small world under its ferocious feet and left Razia Hussain, a 15 years from Kheesra in Gujarat homeless and badly injured her leg. The scars of the quake in her mind went even deeper when the teenager, who remained buried in the debris for two days, was told that she may be amputated in her right leg, which left her shattered. Dr. Ashok Gupta, Micro and Plastic Surgeon, was her Samaritan, who performed two complicated and laborious operations saved her leg from amputation, making her one of the luckier victims to survive the quake and aftermath.