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It was a Nurses day out on 12th of May at the Bannerghata Road Branch at Wockhardt Hospitals,Bangalore. For a changes the nurses at Wockhardt Hospitals donned the latest fashion couture and gave up their nursing uniform.

Not really couture or the essence of a fashion show,but the nurses showed why it is not that difficult sometimes to change to your roles and give something your best shot,if you have the passion.

Beginning with the lighting of the lamp, the International Nurses day celebrations,started after the inaugural address Dr Davison, Centre Head, Wockhardt Hospitals, Bannerghatta.

Mr. Davison congratulated all the nursing staff at Wockhardt on the occasion. “This is the noblest profession in the world probably the only profession that puts service before self,and not everyone can be a nurse. It requires a special calling, and the ability to be sympathetic, empathetic and truly concerned for the sick,” he said.

The show had three rounds and finally, the judges chose Dipty Diana Fernandes from Wockhardt, Cunningham Road, as “Queen of Wockhardt” and Rizwan from Wockhardt, Bannerghatta, as “King of Wockhardt”.

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According to the International Diabetes Federation the country with the largest numbers of people with diabetes is India (40.9 million), followed by China (39.8 million), the United States (19.2 million), Russia (9.6 million) and Germany (7.4 million).The World Health Organization projects that the number of diabetics will exceed 350 million by 2030.

Diabetes as it is sometimes believed, is not a disease of wealthy and rich alone. In fact almost two-thirds of the people with diabetes in our country are either of normal weight or even lean. Diabetes does not just happen overnight,and it does not segregate between the haves and have nots, it takes many years for diabetes to set in.That gives us a chance to early detection, possible prevention or even delaying it. Any person with, diabetes in family, obesity, physical or mental stress, needs to check blood glucose once a year after 30 years age.

For details on our Diabetes Health Check Package please email us at enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net

Tomorrow is International Nurses day. 12th May is a special day for not only for those people who have led from the front in delivering care with a smile in their lips,but also a day for all of us in the medical fraternity who are so much dependent on them.

International Nurses Day is celebrated around the world every May 12,which is also the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. The International Council of Nurses commemorates this important day each year along with a Nurses Day theme.

The International Nurses Day theme for 2009 is: Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Care Innovations.

We at Wockhardt Hospitals would like to take this oppurtunity to thank our Nurses and would like to wish them a Happy Nurses day specialy for all those time we took your services for granted ..

A recent article in Hindustan times,points to the fact that " Medical Tourism in India has actually not slowed down in spite of the downcast economic weakness across the world.

"California resident Barbara Pastal, 47, had been trimming her household expenditure for months to save up for a hip replacement surgery when her husband’s firm cut his pay by 30 per cent in February.

It meant she would have to wait longer to save the $21,000 (Rs 8.5 lakh) that the procedure costs in the US.

“A friend recommended I go to India for the surgery. One of her family members had had a good experience here,” said Pastal, who arrived in India last week and underwent the surgery at a Mumbai clinic. “It’s much cheaper and there is no waiting.”

Pastal said she paid Rs 3.5 lakh for the airfare and hospital expenses, less than half of what the surgery would have cost her at home.

The economic downturn in the West is turning out to be a boon for India’s healthcare sector as many middle-income people look for ways to save amid pay cuts and layoffs.

Medical tourism is not new, but recession has accelerated the trend and more patients seem to be convinced that the quality standards in India can be comparable to any Hospitals across the world.

The Wockhardt group of hospitals,with a tie up with Harvard Medical International, and accredited by Joint Commision International (JCI ),has seen a 40 per cent increase in International patients in 2008-09 as compared to 2007-08, according to Vishal Bali, chief executive officer of Wockhardt Hospitals

According to data released by Deloitte ,around 4.5 lakhs medical travelers visit India to get treated in 08-09. Deloitte pegs the industry growth rate to be around 38%. Presently the bulk of medical tourism centers revolves around,India, Thailand,Singapore,Malaysia,Mexico,Costa Rica along with Indonesia,Turkey and Poland.

With more US companies cutting back on Health Benefits,medical tourism has become a viable option for US patients since it not only helps them to save money when they come down to India ,but also they have access to a world class clinical experts in the form of knowledgeable,western educated,English speaking healthcare staff in an environment that is friendly and medically well advanced in terms of infrastructure.

Starting from today every Saturday we will be featuring a "Doctor Spotlight Series" which will help our users to know our doctors at Wockhardt Hospital locations across India,including their surgical expertise,clinical specialties along with their OPD schedules. Patients and care givers are kindly requested to send in their questions to the doctor as a blog comment or an email us their questions at enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net.

Today we feature Doctor Kaushal Malhan,Joint Replacement / Resurfacing and sports Surgeon at Wockhardt Hospitals,Mumbai

DR. KAUSHAL C. MALHAN - Joint Replacement Specialist /Resurfacing and sports Surgeon ,Wockhardt Hospitals,Mumbai

Qualification

FRCS (Orth) U.K., FRCS (Surg) U.K, Dip. Sports Medicine U.K.
MS (Orth) Bombay, D (Orth) Bombay.


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Dr. Malhan completed the British orthopaedic training programme in the Oswestry-Stoke rotation (West Midlands) and was awarded the FRCS(Orth). Besides extensive training in primary and revision joint replacement surgery he has also worked in the National institute of sports surgery - UK and units dedicated to knee and shoulder arthroscopic surgery. He is well versed with advanced techniques in cartilage and ligament reconstruction. Dr Malhan did his post FRCS (Orth) fellowship in advanced joint surgery at the Freeman hospital, Newcastle - UK. He is presently a consultant surgeon at the Wockhardt Bone and Joint hospital, Bombay (now called Mumbai) and specializes in knee, hip and shoulder surgery. Here he has established the Regional Hip Resurfacing and Joint Replacement Center for western India. This center has state of the art infrastructure and attracts patients from all over India and overseas.

Dr. Malhan has been in the forefront in the field of high bending total knee replacement and minimally invasive replacement surgery. The first minimally invasive mobile bearing unicompartmental knee replacement in India was done by him.

Medical Breakthroughs of Dr Malhan :Dr. Kaushal Malhan pioneered and popularized hip resurfacing surgery with the first ever live surgical demonstration of the Birmingham hip resurfacing done in Mumbai. This was done in an international conference on resurfacing at the Wockhardt Hospital, Bombay.

The conference was presided over by Dr. Dereck McMinn the inventor of the Birmingham Hip Resurfacing. Dr. Malhan has performed the highest number of Birmingham hip resurfacings in Bombay. He is also the only surgeon to have publicly demonstrated his skills in Mumbai, time and again. Recently two of his live demonstrations of hip resurfacing surgery were telecast to multiple centers within India, for the benefit of other orthopaedic surgeons.

He is also actively involved in training overseas surgeons in hip resurfacing and recently did a live demonstration for surgeons from Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. He has also had the privilege to demonstrate this surgery in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the country.

Recently, Dr. Malhan was selected from amongst India's joint replacement and resurfacing surgeons to lecture on hip resurfacing for an audience of North American doctors at a symposium organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry(CII).

Academic Achievements


* 12Publications (9 in international journals like The Knee, Spine, Arthroscopy)
* 21 Presentations (18 in international meetings)
* 2 Dissertations
* Demonstrator on faculty in India and abroad – 7
* 15 international courses and symposia
* Guest lectures at meetings –32 (these include lectures to prestigious medical bodies like the IMA and GPA)
* Teaches trauma life support in the Wockhardt trauma course which was started by him.
* His views and articles have been published in reputed newspapers and magazines like the Times. Express, Free Press journal, Midday etc.

Wockhardt Hospitals has established itself as a leader in the field of health care. Our vision to excel has been shaped by our team of highly motivated and dedicated people. Wockhardt invites qualified, talented and motivated individual who share our vision to provide the best possible care to our patients.For Wockhardt its not only about providing world class affordable health care to our patients,but its also about making our patients partners in Care. For more details log in to Careers page at our website

We are one of the nations fastest growing Hospital chain of 18 Super-Specialty hospitals in India,15 state-of-the-art facilities with more than 5000 employees ,583 Doctors & 1823 nurses and Approximately 1620 beds across all centres in India.

Wockhardt hospitals provide super speciality care in Heart Care, Brain & Spine, Bone & Joint, Minimal Access Surgery and Women Care.

We also encourage young MBBS Doctors for any specialty to send their CV to us. Experienced Consultants DM/MCh or equivalent with some years experience in the related specialty, in a reputed Institute are invited to apply for the following positions mentioned below.

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The first decision-making process is to classify the tumors into benign and malignant .Generally, an experienced neurosurgeon can come to a preliminary conclusion based on the CT scan and MRI scan.

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