With half a million doctors, over 700,000 nursing professionals and established hospitals, India’s importance as a center for high-tech healing is growing. The first to discover this, in the 1970s, were the Arabs, who would visit in the monsoons and opt for a quick, simple procedure when here. Patients from neighbouring countries also came down for routine and complex surgeries. Non Resident Indians, frustrated by long waits for treatment in the West, chose to get their procedures done in India when on vacation. Most recently, westerners have started coming for a range of treatments.
Bone Marrow Transplant
Major hospitals in India have oncology units comprising surgical oncology, medical and radiation therapy as well as the crucial Bone Marrow Transplantation, with a very high success rate. Cord Blood Transplant and Mismatched Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant have been performed successfully.
Cardiac Care
Leading cardiac care centres like the Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Asian Heart Institute and Apollo Hospital offer comprehensive cardiac care spanning from basic facilities in preventive cardiology to the most sophisticated curative technology, including techniques like minimally invasive and robotic surgery. Their success rate at an average of 98.50% is at par with leading cardiac centres around the world.
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Cosmetic Surgery
The latest techniques in corrective procedures are on offer, including include hair restoration (hair implants, hair flaps, and scalp reductions), rhinoplasties (reshaping or recontouring of the nose), stalling of the aging process (face life, cosmetic eyelid surgery, brow lift, sub-metal lipectomy 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.
Dentistry
International quality dentistry including pediatric dentistry, Endodontics (Root Canal therapies), dental implants, laser treatments, high end cosmetic dentistry, micro surgical and non surgical laser management of gum disease.
Gynaecology & Obstetrics
Specialist medical as well as surgical care is available for the prevention and early detection of all types of gynaecological problems, including menstrual abnormalities, prolapse, fibroids and other tumours of the uterus and ovaries, tubal recanalisation by microsurgery. Minimally invasive techniques are widely used for ectopic pregnancies, ovarian cysts and tumours, fibroids endometrosis, tubal blocks and even hysterectomies. State-of-the-art IVF labs backed by doctors who are highly experienced in the field of infertility and assisted Reproductive Technologies offer hope and solutions to infertile couples.
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Joint Replacement Surgery
Shoulder/hip replacement and bilateral knee replacement surgery using the most advanced keyhole or endosopic surgery and arthroscopy is done at several hospitals including the Apollo Hospital, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Holy Family Hospital in Delhi, Bombay Hospital, Leelavati and Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai and the Madras Institute of Orthoepaedics and Trauma Sciences.
Nephrology
Common diseases like diabetes, hypertension and chronic glomerulonephritis can lead to permanent loss of renal functions – with dialysis and renal transplantation being the frequent outcome. Major hospitals in India have departments of Nephrology and Organ Transplant equipped with the latest computerised dialysis machines, 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 Hemodialysis, Chronic Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis (CAPD) and Transplantation are also available.
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Neurosurgery & Trauma Surgery
Routine procedures performed with excellent results are replacement arthroplasties, diagnostic and operative arthoscopy, spinal surgeries, corrective and reconstructive procedure for poliomyelitis and cerebral palsy, micro-vascular surgical procedures and automated percutanneous lumbar discectomy.
Many super-speciality hospitals, like AIIMS, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bombay Hospital, Jaslok Hospital, Nizam Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences and Apollo Hospitals have advanced facilities devoted to the treatment of the entire range of brain and spinal disorders with highly experienced neurosurgenons, neurologists, neuro-anaesthetists and neuro-radiologists. Treatment of intra- and juxta-cranial, spinal tumours and vascular malformations, aneurysms and thrombolysis for brain attacks are done at these centres.
Hi Tech Healing > Nuclear Medicine
Various non-cardiac planar/SPECT studies for bone, thyroid, liver and lungs scanning functions are performed at specialised centres. Diagnostic imaging of the brain, stomach, kidneys, heart, adrenal glands as well as sites of occult infection with the help of sophisticated Gamma Camera with tomographic facilities linked to computer systems can also be performed at many of these centres.
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Hi Tech Healing > Osteoporosis
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.
Hi Tech Healing > Refractive Surgery
Refractive surgery is gaining popularity in India both among the public as well as among ophthalmologists. Till a few years ago only a few centres performed high volume radial keratotomy. Today,
The highest quality of eye care for cornea, cataract, squint, glaucoma, PRK, myopia and astigmatism is available all over the country. No Stitch Cataract Surgery with removal of cataract using the Phacoemulsification procedure can be performed in India for as little as Rs. 20,000 (for both eyes), compared to $ 45,000 in the USA.
Apollo Hospital, Gurunanak Eye Centre, Dr. Rajindra Prasad Centre For Ophthalmic Sciences and Mohan Eye Centre in Delhi, Shankar Naytralaya in Chennai, L. V. Prasad hospital in Hyderabad are some of the more popular eye care hospitals.
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Hi Tech Healing > Urology
Several superspeciality hospitals 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. 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 specialised facilities for pharmacotherapy, cavernosometry and cavernosography, in addition to doppler studies for the assessment of blood flow.
Hi Tech Healing > Vascular Surgery
Removal of the gall bladder, the spleen, the bowel and other organs like the adrenals, and operations for rectal prolapse and hiatus hernia repair have become fairly commonplace at almost all the major speciality hospitals in India.
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