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Top docs to attend Fortis health mela
Tribune News Service
SAS Nagar, June 27
Special camps and seminars with renowned doctors from Tata Memorial Centre, Jaslok Hospital, Leelawati Hospital, Bombay Hospital, Hinduja Hospital, all in Mumbai, and Krishna Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, will be the highlight of the month-long ‘‘maha health mela’’ being organised here from tomorrow to market the first anniversary of the world class Fortis Heart Institute. As part of its celebration and response to the needs of the community, the institute is offering angiography at a low charge of Rs 5,000, MBV for 50 patients at just Rs 25,000, preventive health check for only Rs 1,000 and also discounts for existing patients. Within the first year itself, Fortis has gained recognition for offering the highest quality of medical care amongst both the medical fraternity and the general public. Over 17,000 patients have come for treatment at the hospital during this period, and close to 3000 were admitted in to the hospital. It has conducted a wide range of difficult and complex heart surgeries and procedures, including multiple surgeries, valve surgeries, paedriatic surgeries, bental, carotid and those where the patients were suffering from multiple organ diseases. Over 1,600 cardiac procedures and 500 Cardiac Surgeries have been undertaken. And the multi specialty medical centre has performed over major 350 surgeries in various other disciplines like neuro surgery, urology, orthopedic surgery and general and laproscopic surgery. Currently, over 2,500 patients visit the institute for treatment and over 400 procedures and surgeries are being undertaken every month at the hospital. Talking to mediapersons here today, Mr Harpal Singh, Chairman, Fortis Healthcare Limited, said: ‘‘The biggest achievement for us in our first year has been the confidence which the doctors and the people of this region have shown in our capability to deliver world standard quality of healthcare. This will now drive us to achieve even greater excellence in our second year of operation’’. Ever since they opened, the institute has laid a great emphasis on it’s outreach programme, which involved educating the masses on the advantages of preventive management of diseases and also conducting seminars for the medical fraternity of the region. Free check-ups of over 8,000 people have been undertaken by it through the seven camps they organised during the year. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Shivinder Mohan Singh, Chief Operating Officer, Fortis Heart Institute said, ‘‘We are committed to not only offering the best possible treatment but also creating high awareness for a healthier life through preventive management. And our first anniversary celebrations cover both these aspects. The medical activity involving some of the best India doctors is equally balanced with the 15 seminars for the general public and the special camps we are organising for them’’. The seminars for the general public are free of charge and registrations will be done on first come basis by calling 0172-396500.
Top surgery experts
India’s top experts in different specialised areas of surgery and
diagnostics will be visiting Fortis Heart Institute during the first
anniversary month-long health mela opening here tomorrow.
According to Mr Harpal Singh, Chairman, Fortis Healthcare, this is
a never-before opportunity for people of this region to get treatment
for any serious health condition from the country’s leading
specialists in various disciplines. These are knee and hip joint
replacement procedure by Dr Vikram Shah, Director, Department of
Arthroscopy Surgery, Shelby Hospital and Krishna Heart Institute,
Ahmedabad, balloon mitral valvuloplasty (BMV) procedure by senior
cardiologists from the cardiac team of Fortis Heart Institute, Dr G.S.
Kalra, Senior Consultant Invastive Cardiology, Dr Jagmohan Singh Varma,
Senior Consultant Interventional Cardiology, and Dr R.K. Jaswal,
Consultant, Invasive Cardiology. As a special social gesture to needy
heart patients, Mr Harpal Singh said, they would be conducting the BMV
procedure for a charge of Rs 25,000 only.
Cardiology by Dr Tejas Patel, Director, Department of
Interventional Cardiology, Krishna Heart Institute, Ahmedabad,
electro-physiology study (EPS): a super-specialisation cardiology
procedure to correct any malfunction in electrical impulses of the
heart by Dr Yash Lokhandwala, Senior Consultant, Interventional
Cardiology, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai and Dr Amit Vohra, Senior
Consultant, Interventional Cardiology, Hinduja Hospital, Mumbai.
Critical care by Dr Parveen Jain, Director, Leelavati Hospital and
Harkishendas Hospital Mumbai and Malabar Hospital, Calicut and Mrs
Gracy Mathai, Director, Nursing, Malabar Hospital, Calicut,
interventional radiology: this minimally invasive procedure is one of
the latest advancements in medical science and a boon in cases where
surgery is too complex, as in tumor in the liver or an abscess in the
kidney, or if the patient is too old for conventional surgery. The
expert is Dr Shreejivas Desai, Director, Department of Radiology,
Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai and Chairman, Education and Training
Commission, South East Asia.
Arthroscopy with ligament repair: an ideal opportunity for all
sportsmen having ligament injury and requiring correction for peak
performance. The expert is Dr Anant Joshi, Director, Department of
Arthroscopy Surgery, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai and national advisor to
the Indian cricket team.
Endocrinology: Dr K.P. Singh, Consultant Endocrinology, Fortis
Heart Institute, Mohali, and Dr R. Muralidharan, Consultant
Endocrinology and Diabetology, Fortis Heart Institute, Mohali.
Surgery and oncology: an opportunity for women too, to avail
expertise in the field of breast cancer from Dr K.T. Dinshaw,
Director, Tata Memorial Center, Mumbai. Dr Suresh Advani, Head Medical
Oncology and Hematology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.
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