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High-Tech Healing Opportunities in India |
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The health care sector in India has witnessed an enormous growth
in infrastructure in the private and voluntary sector. The
private sector, which was very modest in the early stages, has
now become a flourishing industry equipped with the most
modern state-of-the-art technology at its disposal. It is
estimated that 75-80 per cent of health care services and
investments in India are now provided by the private sector.
An added plus has been that India has one of the largest
pharmaceutical industries in the world. It is self sufficient in
drug production and exports drugs to more than 180
countries.
The privatization of the medicare sector has brought with it
five-star facilities and world-class treatments. The country can
now boast of a number of corporate hospitals. India is a source
market for professionals in the medical field for most of
the renowned hospitals around the world. Hi-tech medical
facilities have become a necessity following consumer demand
along the world’s fastest growing middle class.
India offers at
its own comparable success rates and service levels
directly in proportion to the high – value system and
natural caring that comes with its millennia heritage. Indian
hospitals are becoming known internationally for standards
of health care delivery, comparable to the best in the world.
India has technology and the skilled super specialists
coupled with sound infrastructure and paramedical staff to
take on international competition.
Major hospitals in Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi have
recorded a twelve per cent patient flow from
neighboring and South East Asian counties. This is because
people have realized that they can now have access to
international quality medicare at much leser
cost in comparison to other countries. The average cost of a cardiac
surgery at the best hospital is very
nominal with a
success rate of 98.5 per cent, which is comparable to the best
institutions in the world. A bone marrow transplant costs
are also unbelievable low
in comparison to the international
market.
Technologies for the new millennium including electro-cardiography
through conferencing will soon be introduced in India,
making it feasible for doctors to benefit from the advice of
other experts.
Indian doctors recently performed the country’s first
robot-assisted heart surgery which reduces the risk and trauma
associated with critical conditions. This operation, performed
at the Escorts Health Institute and research Centre (EHIRC)
is incidentally, the first of its kind in any developing nation.
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Cardiac
Care |
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Cardiac care has
become a specialty in India with names such as
the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, all India
Institute of Medical Sciences and Apollo Hospital becoming names
to reckon with. They combine the latest innovations in medical
electronics with unmatched expertise of leading cardiologists
and cardio-thoracic surgeons. These centers have the distinction
of providing comprehensive cardiac care spanning from basic
facilities in preventive cardiology to the most sophisticated
curative technology. The technology is contemporary and world
class and the volumes handled match global bench – marks. They
also specialize in offering surgery to high risk patients with
the introduction of innovative techniques of minimally invasive
and robotic surgery. Renowned Indian hospitals like Apollo and
Escorts Heart Institute today, are equipped to handle all phases
of heart diseases from the elementary to latest clinical
procedures like inter-ventionla cardiac catherisation and
surgical cardiac transplants. Their success rate at an average
of 98.50 per cent is at par with leading cardiac centers around
the world. Leading heart centers like the Escorts Heart Institute
have Cardiac Care Units with sophisticated equipment and
investigative facilities like Echocardiography with coloured
Doppler, Nu-clear Scanning and Coronary Angiography. The
Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology in Bangalore, the Cardiology
Hospital in Kanpur, the Heart Hospital in Calicut and the Sree
Sudihindra. Medical Mission Hospital in Cochin are some hospitals
in India devoted exclusively to cardiac treatment. |
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Bone
Marrow Transplant |
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Major hospitals
in India have oncology units comprising surgical oncology.
Medical and radiation therapy as well as the crucial Bone
Marrow Transplantation (BMT). The BMT unit with high pressure
hipa filters has helped achieve a very high success rate in
the various types of transplantation. Cord Blood Transplant
and Mismatched Allogenic Stem Cell Transplant have also been
performed successfully. All this become more significant
considering the fact that the treatment costs one-tenth as
compared to the west. Special surgeons are available for
individual organs. Plastic surgeons of repute provide
treatment for head and neck cancer and other malignancies.
Facilities offered include tele-therapy, which includes
simulation workstations to ensure high precision and
safety during treatment at the 18 MVlinear
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orthopedics,the Ilizarov technique is practiced for the
treatment of limbdeformities, limb shortening and
disfiguration. |
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Dialysis
and Kidney Transplant
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Common diseases
like diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulo-nephritis
can lead to permanent loss of renal functions – with dialysis
and renal transplantation being the frequent outcome. The
emergence of new therapeutic interventions has created
opportunities in India to manage the progressions of renal
diseases. Major hospitals in India like Holy Family Hospital,
Jaslok Hospital, Apollo, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Batra
Hospital, Bombay Hospital and Hinduja Hospital have
departments of Nephrology and Organ Transplant equipped with
the latest computerized dialysis machines, reverse osmosis
water plant to provide pure and trace element-free water
supply, as well as state-of-the-art facilities in the
operating rooms and Transplant Intensive Care Units. For those
who need renal replacement therapy, services like Hem
dialysis, Chronic Ambulatory Peritonela Dialysis (CAPD) and
Transplantation are also available. |
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In addition to the basic Haemodialysis facilities, the patients’ requirements for other
modalities of treatment such as Continuous Arterio – Venous
Haemofilteration (CAVH), Continuous Cycler – Venous
Haemofilteration (CVVH), Continuous Cycler – Assisted
Peritoneal Dialysis (CCPD) are also available. You can also
avail the bicarbonate dialysis facility at these centres.
Round the clock service available at these hospitals for the
critically ill patients in the intensive care units who may
need fluid, electrolyte management and renal supportive
therapy. The cost of getting a dialysis is
very less in compared to to another countries. Similarly
a kidney transplant package in India is available
for far lower cost which is
comparatively much cheaper than what it would cost
in another countries.
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Neurosurgery & Trauma Surgery |
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In this area the
procedures like replacement arthroplasties, diagnostic and
operative arthos-copy spinal surgeries including Harringtone
Rod Instrumentation for scoliosis, corrective procedure for
poliomyelitis and cerebral palsy, micro-cascular surgical
procedures and automated percutanneous lumbar discectomy are
performed with excellent results. In addition, the advanced
Luque technique is employed for the correction of complex
scoliosis, and decompression and stabilization of fractures of
dorsal and lumbar spine with paraplegia, by neurosurgeons with
excellent training and background. Many super-specialty
hospitals in India like AIIMS, Ram Kumar Manohar Lohia
Hospital, Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro
Sciences and Apollo Hospitals have advanced faculties devoted
to the treatment of the entire range of brain and spinal
disorders with highly experienced neurosurgeons, neurologists,
neuro-anaesthetists and neuro – radiologists. Treatment of
intra-and juxta-cranial, spinal tumours and vascular
malformations, aneuryasms and thrombolysis for brain attacks
are done at these centre. Hospitals like Apollo employ
state-of-the-art LINAC – based stereo tactic radio surgery
system outside the USA. The Clinac 600SR Linear Accelerator
with XKNIFE system is a highly sophisticated computer-driven
technology used for removal of appropriately selected brain
tumours, arteriovenous malformations and other abnormalities. |
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Joint
Replacement Surgery |
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Shoulder /
Hip replacement and bilateral knee replacement surgery
using the most advanced keyhole or endoscopic surgery and
arthroscopy is done at several hospitals, Sir Ganga Ram
Hospital and Holy Family Hospital in Delhi, Bombay
Hospital, Leelavati and Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai and the
Madras Institute of Orthopedics and Trauma Sciences. Some
hospitals like Apollo in Delhi have Operation Theatres
with Laminar Air Flow System which compares with the best
in the USA and the UK. A knee joint replacement costs in India
less than 50 % comparable to other
countries. |
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Vascular
Surgery
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Removal of
the gall bladder, the spleen, the bowel and other organs
like the adrenals, an operation for porlaps rectum and
hiatus hernia repair have become fairly commonplace in
almost all the major specialty hospitals in India. Experts
are easily available and accessible and the workload at
most of these hospitals ensures that the doctors have
enormous experience. High intensive care treatment at much
cheaper rates than in the west is available at most of
these centers. |
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Refractive
Surgery |
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Refractive
surgery is gaining popularity in India both among the
public as well as among ophthalmoloists. Till a few years
ago only a few centers performed high volume radial
keratotomy. Today, the highest international quality of
eye care for cornea, cataract, squint and glaucoma is
available in over 40 centers, all over India. When it
comes to reliability, India has the best ophthalmic
surgeons with clinics – academic expertise honed to
perfection in the best possible institutions.
Apollo
Hospital, Gurunanak Eye Centre, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Centre
For Ophthalmic Sciences and Mohan Eye Centre in Delhi, Shankar Naytralaya in Chennai, and L.V. Prasad hospital in
Hyderabad are just some of the more popular eye care hospitals.
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No Stitch Cataract Surgery with the most
modern way of removing cataract through the use of
Phacoemulsification procedure can be performed in India
for a very little amount. |
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Facilities for PRK,
myopia and astigmatism are now available in almost all
parts of the country. Hyperopics and LASIK are available
and even supra hard cataracts are treated using just 1 mm
incision instead of the 3 mm incision size.
Photo-refractive keratectomy or PRK treats the surface of
the cornea with the Excimer laser while LASIK treats the
inner tissue of the cornea. For this reason, with LASIK
there is less area to heal, less risk of scarring, less
risk of corneal haze, less post –operative pain and vision
often returns very rapidly.
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Nuclear
Medicine |
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Nuclear
medicine is now commonplace. As it involves use of
radioactive isotopes in very small doses in diagnosing and
treatment of diseases, radioactive medicine is injected or
administered orally and the distribution in the organ is
scanned using a Gamma camera. Tariffs are low
and following treatments are tests are
offered at very nominal cost. Thallium rest (SPECT),
Lung perfusion and venogram of upper or lower limbs, Ventilation study, whole body
skeletal study, Thyroid scan.
Various non-cardiac planar / SPECT studies for bone,
thyroid, liver and lungs scanning functions are
performed at specialized centre in India. Diagnostic
imaging of the brain, stomach, kidneys, heart,
adrenal glands as well as sites of occult infection with
the help of sophisticated Gamma Gacera with tomographic facilities linked to
computer systems can also be performed at many of these
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Cosmetic
Surgery
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A new
dimension of the medical field taking off in India is
cosmetic surgery which utilizes some of the latest
techniques in corrective procedures. Some disfigurations
corrected include hair restoration (hari implants, hair
flaqs, and scalp reductions), rhinoplasties (reshaping or
recontouring of the nose) stalling of the aging process
(face lift, cosmetic eyelid surgery, brow lift, sub-metal
lumpectomy for double chin), dermabrasions (sanding of the
face), otoplasty for protruding ears, chin and cheek
enlargement, lip reductions, various types of breast
surgery and reconstruction and liposuction.Non invasive
surgical procedures like streotactic radio surgery and
radiotherapy for brain tumours are practiced successfully .
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Urology |
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Several
superspeciality hospitals in India offer comprehensive
Urological services to diagnose and treat stone disease,
urological cancer, incontinence, infertility, impotency
and other urinary difficulties. Advanced methods such as
lithotripsy for treating kidney and ureteric stones
without surgery are available with complementary methods
of treating stones endoscopically. Advanced machines like
the Lithostar obvert the need for anaesthesia in the
treatment of kidney and ureteric stones. High tech
facilities for the treatment of prostate, bladder cancers,
urethral strictures are also available. Investigation and
treatment facilities for impotence and male/female
infertility exist with specialized facilities for
pharmacotherapy, cavernosometry and cavernosography, in
addition to doppler studies for the assessment of blood
flow.
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Osteoporosis
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Leading
hospitals in India are well equipped to detect and treat
bone loss in its earliest stages, so as to prevent the
disease or lessen its impact. Doctors in leading hospitals
have the expertise for the diagnosis and treatment of
osteoporosis that involves an objective, quantifiable
measurement of the patient’s bone mass or bone density.
Advanced technology called the DXA for bone densitometry
is available. During a comprehensive bone evaluation with DXA, the patient lies comfortably still on a padded table
while the DXA unit scans one or more areas, usually the
fractured spine or the hip. The entire process takes only
minutes to scan depending on the number of sites scanned.
It involves no injections or invasive procedures and the
patient remains fully clothed.
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Gynecology
& Obstetrics |
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Leading Indian
hospitals with gynecology departments and women’s
hospitals have facilities for the prevention and
early detection of gynecological disorders. Many
hospitals have women check-up programmers designed
to detect the earliest signs of disorders of
the breast and the organs of reproduction as well as
catering to the contraceptive needs of women.
A mammogram, an ultrasound of the pelvis and a pap-
smear of the cervix are an integral part of any good
woman check-up. Specialist medical as well as surgical
care is available for all types of gynecological
problems like menstrual abnormalities, prolapse,
fibroids and other tumors of the uterus and ovaries,
tubal recanalisation by microsurgery and care of the
infertile couple. State-of-the-art gynecological
surgery is available with world class equipment and
expertise using minimally invasive techniques.
Entopic pregnancies, ovarian cysts and tumors, fibroids
endometriosis, tubal blocks and even hysterectomies
can be performed laparoscopically. Hospitals like Apollo
have state-of-the-art IVF labs backed by highly
experienced doctors who have been involved in the
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A full range
of diagnostic procedures are available for the infertile couple.
Treatment for the disorders of Ovulation, controlled ovarian
stimulation, Intra-Utrine
Insemination (IUI), Intra-Fallopian Tubal Insemination
(IFI), In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) and Gamete
Intra—Fallopian Transfer (GIFT), Embryo Transger (ET),
Zygote Intra-Fallopian Transfer (ZIFT), sperm donation,
freezing egg/oocyte donation, replacement of frozen
embryos, full range of treatment of male infertility
including micro- manipulation technology – Intra Cytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) and surrogacy. The
emphasis is on optimizing each couple’s chance of
achieving a pregnancy by combining the best scientific and
medical practice with the highest standard of care. |
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Health
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Many
common and life-threatening conditions can be treated
successfully if detected early. Many leading hospitals in
India have health check-up programmers that screen every
part of the body meticulously and professionally. A proper
health check-up scans your bio history, interprets signals
and provides the opportunity for the proverbial “stitch in
time”. A heart check-up constituting of echocardiography,
consultation by a senior cardiologist, blood test, general
test and haemogram can go a long way in ensuring a healthy
heart. The test can be done at any of the leading cardiac
hospitals or private clinics.
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A
comprehensive health check – up contains the following tests: |
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Doctors
consultation and full medical examination. |
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Blood tests |
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Complete
Haemogram (hb,TLC, DLC, ESR Haematocrit, Peripheral Smear) |
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Blood Group
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Blood Sugar |
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Blood Urea
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Serum Uric
Acid |
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Serum
Creatinine |
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Serum
Cholesterol |
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Lipid
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Urine and
Faeces Examination |
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X-Ray Chest
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ECG |
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Exercise
Stress Test (TMT) |
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Stress
Screening by Psychologist |
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Eye
Examination |
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Gynaecologist Consultation and Pap Smear Test |
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Post
Check-up consultation |
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Optional
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Some
additional tests may be advised by your doctor, which may include: |
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Pulmonary Function Tests |
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Ultrasound Screening for the Abdomen |
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ENT Examination |
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Screening for Thyroid Disease |
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Hepatitis B Screening to Assess Immunity and for Detection of
Carriers. |
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A test for AIDS can also be requested |
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Screening for Kidney Disease |
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These tests
can be done at any leading hospital, private and public. |
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Pioneering
Institutions |
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Facilities at
Major Hospitals |
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Reception and
Registration Desk: Patients are requested to contact the
reception counter which functions round the clock , for registration.
On registration the patient will be issued a card
with the registration number to be used for all future
references and consultation. In case of an emergency, the
patient will be admitted into the emergency ward, stabilized
and later shifted to a suitable room. There is a facility for
one attendant to stay with the patient in the room. Patients
under 5 years will be allowed two attendants. |
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Payment
for your medical treatments |
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Patients who opt for the package deal will pay the
specified amount in full before admission. Customer
satisfaction is of prime importance. Our Team
will make the complete planing for your Treatments,
appointments with the doctors, arranging nursing facilities,
appropriate food, Cars, Drivers, cook or any other service
which may be needed during your treatment. Special nurses can be
arranged through the Nursing Supervisor. A 24-hour pharmacy is
available. Room rent is inclusive of diet for the patient. An
in-house laundry service is available for patients and their
attendants at an extra cost. A 24 – hr NSD/SD facility is
available. So are internet, Fax and e-mail facilities. Safe
deposit lockers are available on request. Probably the
greatest conceptual advance of this century in Therapeutic
Oncology is the principle of the elimination of the neoplastic
process with conservation of both anatomy and physiology.
Outstanding examples are conservation of limbs in Osteosarcoma,
preservation of female breast in malignancies of the organ and
the saving of the larynx inlaryngeal cancer by a multimodal
approach in management. Equally amazing has been the cure of
certain acute leukemias by Bone marrow transplatation.
Imaging
with MRI, a hypertension research centre and facilities for
haemodialysis and kidney transplantation are available at Akila Hospitals at Trichy. The hospital boasts a transplant
team with 8 specialists, bone marrow transplant team along
with five specialists call to Sri Lanka, Sharjah, Kuwait and
major Indian cities.In Chennai, the Vijaya Heart Foundation’s
79 beds has a state-of-the-art cardiology and cardiology and
cardio-thoracic surgical unit manned by competent and
experienced staff. The Vijaya Health Centre with 270 beds
offers diagnostic facilities in laboratory, X-ray, ultrasound,
treadmill, endoscope, C.T. Scan M.R.I. and nuclear medicine. Patients needing any
further guidance may contact
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