Medical Tourism in India for Bangladesh patients

Medical Tourism in India for Bangladesh patientsthe femur (the bone that extends from the hip to
Today's India offers World Class Medical Facilities,the knee) is removed along with the surface layer of
comparable with any of the western countries. Indiathe socket in the pelvis (the two large bones that
has state of the art Hospitals and the best qualifiedrest on the lower limbs and support the spinal
doctors. With the best infrastructure, the bestcolumn). The head of the femur bone, which is
possible Medical facilities, accompanied with the mostsituated within the pelvis socket, is replaced with a
competitive prices, you can get the treatment donemetal ball and stem. This stem fits into the shaft of
in India at the lowest charges.the femur. This socket is then replaced with a plastic
Patients from around the globe are beginning toor a metal and plastic cup. Hip replacement is
realize the enormous potential of modern andindicated where conservative management has failed.
traditional Indian medicine. Indian hospitals, medicalThe surgical procedure: At the time of surgery, once
establishments and the government of India havethe hip joint is exposed, the head and neck of the
also realized the potential of this niche segment andfemur are removed. The shaft of the femur is then
have begun to tailor their services for foreign visitors.adjusted to accept the metal component consisting
International marketing divisions have been set up byof the head, neck, and stem. After fixing the plastic
most of the top India Hospitals like Apollo, Max,cup the ball and socket are then replaced into normal
Fortis, Wockhardt, etc.position. Both of these implants can be fastened into
In India any type of surgery is very economical andthe bone with or without using the special cement.
affordable. A few months back a 35 years oldCemented procedure : The cemented procedure
Bangladesh native Mr Masud Akhtar from Dhaka getsutilizes a doughy substance mixed at the time of
his successful total hip replacement done from asurgery that is introduced between the artificial
hospital at Delhi. In some unfortunate accident he hadcomponent and the bone. This type of fixation in
a problem in the hip joints. His condition was not at alltotal hips remains the gold standard and is the
good, he could not walk around freely and had tomethod of choice for many surgeons. Depending
take help of the wheel chair to move from one placeupon their health and bone density, people over the
to other. He was very confused about the treatmentage of 60 will receive this type of joint fixation.
because of the unavailability of good treatmentNoncemented procedure: Despite its common use,
facilities in Bangladesh and the high expense of suchnot all individuals are candidates for a cemented hip.
surgical treatment in U.S. and U.K. hospitals.Studies show that young active adults tend to loosen
The main problem for Mr Akhtar was that the costtheir artificial components prematurely. The current
of surgery in abroad is very high which was nottrend therefore, is to use an artificial joint covered
affordable for him and he wished to live his life fullywith a material that allows bone tissue to grow into
standing on his own feet without any support so hethe metal. A tight bond of scar tissue if formed,
decided to get his treatment done from Indianwhich anchors the metal to the bone. This is called a
hospital. He mail us with all his medical reports andcementless total hip replacement. Apollo Hospitals,
documents.Max Healthcare and Fortis Hospitals specialise in these
Initially he was a little apprehensive but once I landedkind of treatment.
at the hospital, the experience turned out really well.He was recommended for Noncemented procedure.
Once he landed India we arranges for Travel, medicalA few weeks after his surgery he returned to his
treatment, hospitalization, stay in India.country.Now he is completly fit and has returned to
The doctors in Delhi Hoshipal explained him about thehis normal life. He is happy on the decision that he
surgery and its procedure.made.
A total hip replacement also called a hip arthroplasty-A few top Medical tourism providers are
is an advanced surgical procedure that re-structuresIndiaheals,ThaiMediHealth.
the hip joint region. Under this procedure the head of