By Tricitynews
Sirhind 17th Aug:- As
many as 150 patients were screened in a free ortho and cardiology
health camp at Rana Hospital, Sirhind on Saturday.
The camp was organized by Shalby
Hospital, Mohali in association with Rotary Club, Sirhind where Shalby’s
Founder Chairman & Managing Director and country renowned joint replacement
surgeon, Dr. Vikram I Shah’s team including Dr Vishav Goyal an
orthopedician gave consultations related to knee and hip pain and
other orthopedic problems.
Among others, Ashwani Singhi
and Rajesh Chopra, president and secretary of Rotary Club, Sirhind
respectively were also presented during occasion.
During the camp a physiotherapy
service was also offered to the patients. Dr Karandeep Singh Sayal a
cardiologist screened patients for cardiology problems during camp also.
Shalby Hospital has also announced
to start a regular cardiology OPD at Rana Hospital on every 1st and 3rd
Saturday of a month.
Meanwhile Dr. Shah with his
team of surgeons and paramedics has done the highest number of joint
replacement surgeries in the world.
According to Dr Shah, country is
seeing an arthritis epidemic. The incidence of knee arthritis in the Indian
population is believed to be as much as 15 times higher than what is found in
Western nations. He said that USA, with a population of 30 crores, sees 7 lakh
total knee replacement surgeries every year, but for India, this figure is only
150,000.
While this is a huge jump from a
mere 350 knee surgeries that were performed in India in 1994, the unmet demand
in the country would be a staggering one crore knee replacements each year,
considering the huge size of the population and the propensity of Indians for
knee arthritis, he pointed out.
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