Canadians Discuss Why They Went To India for Spinal Surgery
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Channel: Apollo Hospitals · 2008 · Science & Technology
Canadians Discuss Why They Went To India for Spinal Surgery November 30, 2007 Brian and Chandra discuss why they left Canada to get spinal surgery for Chandra in India and relate their frustrating experience with the medical system in Canada. When friends suggested Apollo Hospitals, India, the couple decided to come to India for treatment. Today Chandra is rid of her pain and suffering and leads a normal life. Apollo Hospitals is a JCI Accreditted Hospital and is part of the largest healthcare group in Asia. The Apollo group hospitals are multi specialty tertiary care facilities with centers-of-excellence in medical disciplines including cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, gastroenterology, orthopedics & joint replacement surgery, neurology, critical care medicine, nephrology, oncology, hand & micro surgery and reproductive medicine. The hospital has pioneered several cardiac and orthopedic procedures - including Indiaâs first beating heart surgery in which the hospital maintains over 99Content-Dispositionuccess rate. The hospital is also the first in India to perform Lumbar Disc Replacement surgery, Total Knee Replacement surgery, Birmingham Hip Replacement Surgery and the Illizarov Procedure for limb lengthening. Across all specialties the hospitalâs success record is on par â if not better, than its counterparts in the West. This is largely due to the hospitals eminent team of specialist doctors and surgeons most of whom are trained in the US or UK and also its investment in the latest diagnostic equipment such as 64-Slice CT Scan, Transesophageal Echocardiography (TEE), Digital Subtraction Angiography (DSA), MRI, Linear Accelerator and Asia's largest sleep lab (polysomnography). Visit www.apollohospitals.com
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