Location: God's own country
Posted on: 13-02-07 16:30:36
Cd's,
This e-mail was sent to me by my friend who hates Canada but is working as a labourer in Canada.
Chennai hospital helps 2 Canadians walk again
February 09, 2007 16:12 IST
A rare spine-surgery has been performed by a Chennai-based private hospital on two patients from Canada, enabling them to walk again.
The operations conducted last week on Jeff Clarke, 33, and Rozina Hasan Ali, 68, were 'unusual and difficult' to perform as per Canadian doctors, Dr Sajan K Hegde of Apollo Hospital, said on Friday.
Dr Hegde headed the team of surgeons who performed the operations.
He said Clarke had a severe crippling pain in the back due to a deformed spine and could hardly walk since 2002. His MRIs showed problems with his lumbar spine.
Rozina developed scoliosis (a condition in which the spine bends) and a surgery was performed in Canada without any positive result.
In Apollo, her spine was straightened up with the help of implants, enabling her to walk again.
Clarke said his operation cost was only $15,000, while any spine-surgery in Canada would cost about $50,000-100,000.
Moreover, many senior neurosurgeons in Canada could not help me, he said.
The surgery charges for Rozina also were much lesser compared to those in the West, Dr Hegde said.
"Even the richest people in Canada cannot receive the quality medical treatment as we got here. I was amazed by the quality of doctors and the advanced technology," said Rozina.
"People in the West are still ignorant about the quality medical care in India and they thought I was crazy when I planned to come to India for medical treatment," Clarke said.
"The world will come to know about the quality medical treatment in your country
Interesting to note is that the individuals concerned have said that the surgeons in Canada canot handle complicated cases + that the quality of medical treatment was very superior in India.
Maybe it is time that they abolished the universal health care system and credit monthly payments to Canadian citizens. I will save such money and take treatment (if needed) in India.
TK A
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well said .
I second you on that one.
Nothing personal against TK or other desi's comparing the Canadian and Indian medical systems - have you ever heard of horror stories of Indian hospitals? I have personally experienced them - yet I wouldnt say the whole of Indian health system (if there is something called a system) -bad. There are pros and cons in each system, we should do our best.
Hiren
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Originally posted by tamilkuravan
....Maybe it is time that they abolished the universal health care system and credit monthly payments to Canadian citizens. I will save such money and take treatment (if needed) in India.
TK A
If there is a flaw in the system, do you fix it or dismantle it altogheter? If you extend the same analogy, everything should be closed down. There should be no vehicles on the roads becuase there are accidents, banks should be closed down because there is fraud committed, gas supply should be closed down as a house blew up yesterday, schools should be closed down because....
Are the surgeries done in India 100% successful and come with money back guarantee if anything goes wrong?
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Location: Western Hemisphere
Posted on: 15-02-07 11:18:26
I hope the same caliber of healthcare and medical professionals, that is available to people who can afford to pay $15000, is also available to the majority population in India - the rural poor.
I doubt it.
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