Urology Services at Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The Department of Urology at the Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute is a national leader in urological treatments and research. The department of Urology is dedicated to providing state-of-the-art medical and surgical care in all aspects of adult and pediatric urology.
The department of Urology provides screening, staging and the most up-to-date treatment of all uro-genital tumors including kidney, ureter, bladder and prostate. The Department of Urology has a complete range of facilities to provide comprehensive services in the management of urological conditions.
Facilties and Procedures performed at Kolkata Hospital and Kidney Institute
TURP :Transuretheral Resection of the Prostate (TURP) is a surgical procedure to deal with patients with an enlarged, benign (non cancerous) prostate, called Benign Prostate Hyperplasia or BPH.
Bladder Tumor :A bladder tumor is an excess growth of cells that line the inside of the bladder. A tumor may be either cancerous or non cancerous.
Pediatric Urology - Pediatric Urology involves the diagnosis and treatment of all urological problems encountered in children.
Uroendoscopy A device consisting of a tube and optical system for observing the inside of a hollow organ or cavity. This observation may be done through a natural body opening or a small incision.
Urooncology :Treatment of patients with cancer disease in the urinary tract including major surgery on bladder and prostate.
Prostate Disease Specialty clinic- The Wockhardt Hospital and Kidney Institute has a specialty clinic for the diagnosis and treatment of prostate diseases.
Treatment of Incontinence :The loss of bladder control.
Treatment of Haematuria :Haematuria is the presence of red blood cells (RBCs) in the urine. The urine appears normal to the naked eye, but examination under a microscope shows a high number of RBCs. We effectively evaluate and treat all types of urinary incontinence and haematuria.
The department of Urology has nationally and internationally renowned urological surgeons and physicians, offering uniquely comprehensive range of innovative care for all urological disorders.
To schedule an appointment or consultation with our urology Specialist,please email to enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Outsourcing legacy upgrades knees, hips, Heart to India
Computerworld recently wrote a now familiar story by now"Outsourcing legacy upgrades -- knees, hips, looks -- to India: " about how "Rising medical cost has been helping to foster medical tourism for lower cost.International visitors, particularly from the US are traveling to Indian to get their Knee and Hip Replacements done and are going back to US by spending almost 50% of what they they would have paid in US Hospitals.
Take the case of Terry,(name changed) a public school teacher in Texas, went to India in June for cosmetic surgery to remove excess skin after a major weight loss. The cost of this surgery in the U.S. was somewhere between $25,000 and $30,000 and not covered by her insurance carrier.
Instead, Terry contacted her travel agent who connected her with BridgeHealth International inc., in Greenwood Village, Co., one of number of firms that arrange overseas medical treatment. Costa Rica or Mexico was closer, but Terry, an experienced traveler, had never been to India and so the decision was made."
U.S insurers are beginning to test programs to pay for elective medical work overseas. The incentive for patients may include elimination of deductibles and travel for a spouse, as well as paying the cost of hotel and travel.
In these insurance programs, the operative words are "non-emergency" and "cost-effective," according to Dr. Virginia Cardin, a senior healthcare consultant with Frost & Sullivan. The latter involves measuring immediate outcomes and required follow-up care that would be done in the U.S.
India's medical tourism industry may benefit in a number of ways, some direct and some indirect, from U.S. IT offshore outsourcing.
For one, the expertise that offshore firms acquire in upgrading hospital systems can be applied to Indian environments. Increasing familiarity by U.S. residents with India may help as well.
It's also possible that IT outsourcing in India and elsewhere may make some companies comfortable with the idea of offering medical tourism as an employee option.
A 2008 US survey by audit firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu found that 40% of US respondents were willing to travel abroad for treatment if the quality was comparable and savings were 50% or more. India had nearly 450,000 medical visitors last year and average medical costs were at 20% of that in the US, the report showed.
“India has good medical infrastructure and is also culturally more amenable to having guests who can be treated,” says consultant P.R. Srinivas of Deloitte. “The waiting time for patients is also far less than in some developed countries.”
However most medical tourism hospitals in India would tell you, that Outsourcing to Indian Hospitals is much more than merely costs savings. Most International medical travelers who have come to India are often pleasantly surprised by the quality of care at Leading Corporate Indian Hospitals.
Although the cost factor might be a big factor initially on deciding on the destination,but the real clincher on why India is much sought after among medical tourism destination is "about the quality of care"which an International patient experiences when they are in their hospital beds.
Its important for everyone connected to the healthcare industry to understand that in the long term, its going to be the quality of care,including the nursing staff,the doctors ,the immediacy of care, post rehab, infection control and all the support staff that are involved in care giving process to an International patient which are responsible in making the stay of an international medical traveler a much better experience.
Cardio Thoracic and Vascular Surgeons at Mumbai
Monday, August 17, 2009
Dr. Kaushal Pandey
Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgeon
M.S., M.Ch., FACA
Dr. Kaushal Pandey brings to Wockhardt Heart Care a vast experience of performing about eight thousand Cardio-Thoracic & Vascular Surgeries in India and abroad.
During his five years stay in Australia, Dr. Pandey was exposed to about 3500 cases, out of which he himself performed 800 operations.
Consultant Timings :Wednesday & Saturday 5. 00 pm – 7. 00 pm
To Fix an Appointment email enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Dr. Shantesh Kaushik
Cardio - Thoracic & Vascular Surgeon
M.S.D.N.B. (Gen Surg.), M. Ch. (Thor. Surg.)
D.N.B. (Cardio-thor. Surg.), M.D. (USA)
Dr. Kaushik had a privilege of learning and practicing at renowned places in India, Australia and USA including the Royal Melbourne Hospital (the second largest cardio thoracic center in Australia), Boston Medical Center in Boston, USA and the Lahey Clinic, USA.
In his combined overseas experience he has been exposed to 4000 cases of which he has performed about 900 cases.
Consultant Timings:Monday - Saturday 10. 00 am – 6. 00 pm
To Fix an Appointment email enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Dr. Sandeep T Honnekeri
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon
MS. Mch., DNB.Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon
Dr. Sandeep T Honnekeri Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgeon. Dr. Sandeep Honnekeri is specialised in Beating Heart Coronary Bypass Surgery using Total Arterial Revascularisation. He has performed more than 2500 such surgeries and routinely used both internal mammary arteries ( LIMA+RIMA) often as a “Y” graft. He is also the only surgeon in the country to regularly use the GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY (taking it off the stomach wall and connecting it to the heart)
Consultant Timings:Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm
To Fix an Appointment email enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Dr. Ajay Chaugle
Cardio Thoracic Surgeon
Mch Cardiothoracic Surgery
Visiting Fellow University of Barcelona,Spain
Dr Ajay Chaugle is specially trained for Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeries and Minimal Invasive Cardiac Surgery.His special interest is in Adult Cardiac Surgery and he was an important member of a team which developed Beating Heart Surgery in India.
Dr Chaugle is is doing 95% Beating Heart Surgery and specialised in doing endarterectomies, LV aneurysms repairs on beating heart. Has done left main aneurysm repair on beating heart. Has done awake heart surgeries also.
Consultant Timings:Monday to Saturday
To Fix an Appointment email enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Consultant Timings:Monday to Saturday
To Fix an Appointment email enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Interventional Cardiologist in Mumbai,Mulund Facilty
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Backing our hi-tech cardiac facilities at Mulund,Mumbai is an eminent and dynamic cardiac team, members of which are not only leaders in their field in India but have gained national and International recognition for their pioneering work in Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.
Cardiologists associated with Wockhardt Heart Care Specialty have been educated and trained at some of the best teaching hospitals in the world like Mayo Clinic, Texas Heart Institute, Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. Their collective experience makes this cardiac team amongst the most dynamic and innovative in the country.
Dr. Hasmukh Ravat - Interventional Cardiologist
M.D. (Medicine), D.M. (Cardiology), Fellow in Interventional Cardiology, Australia
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Dr Manjeet Junega-Interventional Cardiologist
M.D. (General Medicine), D.M. (Cardiology), M.N.A.M.S
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Dr. Suresh Vijan - Interventional Cardiologist
M.D., MRCP (UK)
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Dr. P.A Kale - Interventional Cardiologist
M.D., F.A.C.C., I.C.C., F.I.S.F., F.I.C.P
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Dr. Chetan Shah - Interventional Cardiologist
M.D. (Medicine), D.M. (Cardiology), FACC, FACP (USA)
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Dr. Vinod .Kumar Shah - Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Zakia Khan - Interventional Cardiologist
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Dr. Nandkumar Chonkar - Cardiologist
M.D. (Gen. Med.), DM(Card.)
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For appointments and consultations please email us at enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
Clincal Services and Medical Breakthroughs at Wockhardt Hospitals and Kidney Institute,Kolkata
Friday, August 14, 2009
Wockhardt Hospital & Kidney Institute - Kolkata, part of premier chain of Wockhardt Hospitals and an affiliate hospital of Harvard Medical International of USA is the first and the only dedicated super specialty Kidney Hospital in Eastern India, established in the year 1988.
- Wockhardt Kidney Institute pioneered in Lithotripsy - the non-surgical non-invasive way of treating Kidney stones in India with the introduction of Lithotripter using ultrasonography and X-ray for localization of stones and electro-magnetic waves to crush them.
- Wockhardt Kidney Institute has performed the maximum number of PCNLs (stones) extracted through a small hole at the back.
- Wockhardt Kidney Institute performs the maximum number of kidney stone as well as kidney.
- Surgeries per month with almost 100% success rate in Eastern India catering to over 50 million people.
- It has performed the first successful Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy in Kidney Transplant surgery in Eastern India.
- Wockhardt Kidney Institute introduced Penile Implant surgery in the Eastern India.
- The Kidney Institute performs maximum number of dialysis per month in the city and has become synonym to Kidney care in the Eastern India.
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon Dr Keyur Anil Buch joins our Bangalore Team
We welcome Dr Keyur Anil Buch
MS Orth, MCh Orth (UK), FRCSEd (Trauma & Orth)
Senior Consultant Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgeon, Superspecialist: Upper Limb Arthroscopy, Joint Replacement and Trauma
Dr Keyur Buch obtained MChOrth from Aberdeen University in the UK and then went on to be awarded the internationally acclaimed FRCS (Tr & Orth) qualifications from the UK after which he was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon in the UK in the National Health Service.
During his long stay in the UK and USA, Dr Buch honed his skills in arthroscopy of shoulder, wrist, elbow and knee as well upper limb and small joint replacements including shoulder/elbow/knuckle and basal joint of the thumb replacements. His other clinical super specialties skills include key-hole surgery for dislocated shoulder, impingement and muscle pain around shoulder and knee; minimally invasive surgery for tennis elbow/golfer's elbow and scaphoid fractures and plaster-less treatment of distal radius fractures
Dr Buch completed a one year Upper Limb Clinical Fellowship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA, where one of the ex-Prime Ministers of India was a patient.
During his extensive clinical practice in the UK, USA, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Dr Buch has successfully treated numerous high profile celebrities from business, sports (including Olympic athletes and immediate family members of high profile soccer players in the UK), a range of shoulder, knee, wrist, elbow and hand problems.
During his extensive clinical practice in the UK, USA, Mumbai and Ahmedabad, Dr Buch has successfully treated numerous high profile celebrities from business, sports (including Olympic athletes and immediate family members of high profile soccer players in the UK), a range of shoulder, knee, wrist, elbow and hand problems.
Dr Buch has also been actively involved in providing practical surgical training to post-MS Orth and post-FRCS surgeons in the fields of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery.
Dr Keyur Anil Buch will be available for consultations and appointments,please email us at enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net for scheduling appointments
Dr Keyur Anil Buch will be available for consultations and appointments,please email us at enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net for scheduling appointments
Health of our Nation: India Ranks 171 out of 175 on Healthcare Spending
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
If statistics are any indication on the state of health in India,there is a lot to worry...As per World Health Organization survey, India is at the bottom of the heap in terms of public health spending and ranks 171st out of 175 countries,which is less than even what some of the sub-Saharan African countries spent on their Healthcare.
The highest public health care spending per person is in the regions of Western Europe, North America and Japan. Luxembourg, Norway and Iceland. For a country that has the second largest population and is soon to overtake china , India spends 5.2% of its GDP on healthcare — compared to, say, 16% in the US and 13% in Sweden. Of this, only 0.9% is spent by the government while the private sector accounts for the remaining 4.3%.
The US,UK,and Switzerland spends the most as a percentage of their GDP. Health Care spending in the US is projected to grow to 19.5% of GDP in 2017.
In 1962, Defense spending in the US made up half of the federal budget, Social Security about 15% and Medicare had not yet been enacted. By 2007, Defense spending is only 20% of the budget while Social Security makes up 21% and Medicare 16% and rising.
According to Vishal Bali,CEO Wockhardt Hospitals, “Public health spending as a percentage of GDP is minuscule. Due to this, India is over-dependent on the private sector. Contrast us with China, which spends almost almost 6% of its GDP of health,’’ says Vishal Bali, CEO, Wockhardt Hospitals. While India ranks among the top 10 countries for communicable diseases, it is a world leader in chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease.
Despite the wide gaps, higher spending on health care does not necessarily prolong lives. In 2000, theUnited States spent more on health care than any other country in the world: an average of $ 4,500 per person. Switzerland was second highest, at $3,300 or 71% of the US. Nevertheless, average US life expectancy ranks 27th in the world, at 77 years.
Treating Pediatric Congenital Heart Diseases
Wockhardt Hospitals offers various advanced surgical therapies for congenital heart diseases for pediatric patients of all ages from newborns to adolescents.The conditions that we treat more often in the various age groups includes
NEONATAL CONDITIONS
Trans position of the great arteries (emergency switch procedures). In this condition the anatomical positions of the pulmonary artery and aorta was switched so that the aorta arises from the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery arises from the left ventricle.
This causes oxygen poor blood to be circulated to the body instead of oxygen rich blood, a life threatening medical emergency requiring immediate treatment.Our surgeons have pioneered the innovative arterial switch procedure that reestablishes normal anatomy and function while seeking to avoid complications that are associated with other surgical approaches.
Hypoplastic left heart Syndrome (Norwood procedure of Hypoplastic left heart); This is a condition in which the left side of the heart is incompletely formed.We have extensive experiance with the Norwood Procedure and stage palliation for the HLHS .Our success rate ranks among the best in the country for this type of repair and we are currently involved with a major multi institutional study evaluating this and other innovative procedures for the treatement of HLHS.
INFANTS CONDITION
Tetralogy of Fallot:The most common cyanotic defect (the heart delivers less oxygen to the body than normal).This complex congenital condition consists of 4 developmental defects that require surgical correction early in childhood.
Ventricular Septal Defect:An opening in the wall that separates the two ventricles of the heart,causing mixing of oxygen-poor blood with oxygen-rich blood.
Atrial Septal Defect:An opening in the wall between the right and left atria that results in abnormal blood flow throught the heart.Left untreated,this condition can cause enlargement of the right side of the heart,arrhythmia s and , in some cases, pulmonary hypertension.
Coarctation of the aorta A constriction in the aorta that causes blood pressure to increase above the narrowed area while limiting blood flow to the body.
Atrioventricular Canals: large openings between the right and left sides of the heart.Usually,one large common valve replaces the normal mitral and tricuspid valves .Left untreated,this defect can cause poor growth malnourishment and enlargement of the heart and pulmonary hypertension.
CHILDREN
Fontan procedure: Single ventricle,a collective term that describes defects in which oxygen-rich blood and poor blood are mixed in a single ventricle. Our pediatric cardiac surgeons have the expertise in the fontan procedure that directs oxygen poor blood directly to the pulmonary artery and lungs.The single ventricle is reservd for collecting oxygen rich blood from the lungs and then pumping it to the aorta and rest of the body.
For appointments and enquiries,please email us at enquiries@wockhardthospitals.net
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