Operation Walk" DMC LUDHIANA

 

Dr. M Yamin in free screening camp for poor patients

A free screening camp for poor patients requiring free knee and hip replacement under "Operation Walk" project was conducted on Sunday at a private hospital. Around 300people were screened and registered during the camp. In view of the overwhelming response of patients, more free screening will be held by the hospital's department of orthopedics in the month of September.

Giving information about the proposed project, professor and head of the department, Dr Mohammed Yamin, said that Operation Walk was a private, non-profit, volunteer medical service project that provided free surgical treatment to patients in developing countries, who had arthritis or other debilitating bone and joint conditions and had little to no access to life-improving care.

Orthopaedic surgeons at the hospital and team members from a US institute will be constantly upgrading themselves in advanced surgical techniques, treatment of diseases and the recovery procedures of hip and knee joint conditions as part of the project.

More than 3,000 patients in Russia, Cuba, Nepal, China, Philippines, Nicaragua, Mexico, El Salvador and USA have been operated upon as part of this project.

The hospital has started registering patients for free hip and knee replacement surgeries for poor patients. To make the people of the region aware of this facility, it will be organizing camps at regular intervals with the help of charitable organizations in various locations of the state.

DMC Doctor Completes Fellowship In Joint Replacement

Dr. Deepak Jain, Assistant Professor, Orthopaedics at DMC & H recently completed two month fellowship in hip and knee joint replacement at Rubin Institute for Advanced Orthopaedics, Baltimore, USA. The training involved learning advanced techniques in primary as well as revision joint replacement under world renowned experts. Rubin institute is a state of the art facility providing tertiary level care in joint replacement.

Dr. Jain said that cutting edge technology enabled the patients in USA to return to a higher level of activities like running, golf, skiing etc. He also learnt protocols to reduce pain in immediate postoperative period which is considered very important in improving outcomes and to ensure patient comfort. These methods would now be applied to Indian population also leading to better results.

He also received special training in revision joint replacement which involved treating patients having pain, wear, loosening, infection etc. after total joint replacements. He said that this area is growing in India too as the number of replacement surgeries done here has increased manifold and the results with latest techniques are encouraging.

Dr. Jain said that joint research projects would be carried out between DMCH and Rubin Institute, USA in order to study special needs of Indian patients and devise new techniques. He is also coordinating Operation Walk with Rubin Institute wherein free hip and knee replacements will be performed for poor patients in DMCH

500 Delegates For Paediatrics Meet at cmc ludhiana

Ludhiana, October 30
A total of 500 delegates from all across Punjab and other parts of India attended the 9th national conference on “Growth Development and Behavioural Paediatrics” organised by the department of Paediatrics, CMCH, Ludhiana.
The two-day conference organised under the aegis of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics concluded here today. Punjab health minister Prof Laxmikanta Chawala while inaugurating the conference said the department of health and family welfare was going to start a campaign for kids born and brought up on the roadside.
"Most of the children on streets are suffering from malnutrition and the health department has chalked out a programme to provide them with the supplements so as to promote good health," the minister added.
The director of the CMC and hospital Dr Abraham G Thomas and Vice-Chancellor of Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Prof SS Gill were also present.
Dr GS Grewal, member of the Punjab Medical Council, briefed Prof Laxmi Kanta Chawala on the ongoing malpractice of sex determination among doctors. Dr Grewal also pointed towards the menace of "quackery" and "commissions by doctors”.
Dr Gurmeet Kaur, organising chairperson, professor and head of department of paediatrics said the issues and concerns pertaining to childcare discussed during the conference would unveil several problems along with their solutions.

Mobile van to train surgeons about arthritis

A fully equipped van that will trundle across the northern and western states of India to train orthopaedic students about the new techniques in treating arthritis was flagged off in the capital Friday.

‘The van – Zimmer mobile learning center – will go 12,000 km in 120 days covering 53 cities across the western and northern parts of India. Our first stop is at Varanasi where we have tied up with Benaras Hindu University (BHU) and will be giving the paramedical and orthopaedic students training on knee replacement and other related surgeries on arthiritis,’ Sanjay Lohani, marketing director of Zimmer India Pvt Ltd, told TPN Friday.

Judy Reinke, counselor for commercial affairs, US embassy in India, flagged off the van.

The van has a knee replacement set-up specifally designed for women apart from hip replacement, trauma and spinal surgery products.

Since it’s the first of its kind, educating about its functions and uses to the young lot is one of our aims,’ Lohani said.

Apart from training the medical students, the van will conduct community seminars to increase awareness among the general public by roping in various resident welfare associations and clubs.
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