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Max Super Specialty Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, launched its multi-specialty OPD in Sonipat
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Max Super Specialty Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, launched its multi-specialty OPD in Sonipat

Aug 19, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Dr Amit Gupta, #Dr Amit Gupta- Principal Consultant, #Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh, #Neurosurgery, #orthopaedic problems

Sonipat: Pioneering in providing the latest in healthcare services across Delhi NCR and North India, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi has now extended its services at Sonipat with the inauguration of its Multi-speciality OPD at Saxena Hospital, Sonipat.

The multi-speciality OPD which will be functional from today is aimed at benefiting the residents of Sonipat and its neighboring areas. The OPD consultations will allow an ease of access for the local, especially amid the pandemic. This will also drastically cut down on travels for orthopaedics – neurosurgery related consults for both patients and their caregivers.

Extending their services to the people of Sonipat is yet another patient-centric step taken by the Hospital to deliver quality healthcare through world-class services.

Amid the pandemic fear, the doctors from Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh will be present physically and the OPD will function following all the safety norms. The OPD services was inaugurated in the presence of Dr Ashish Jain, Director, Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement & Dr Amit Gupta- Principal Consultant, Neurosurgery.

Through this OPD service, we hope to spread awareness about the importance of early detection in orthopaedic diseases, as ortho pains are often neglected by people until it causes distress. We would like to take this opportunity to sensitize society about the increasing orthopaedic problems in India. Today’s generation leads a sedentary lifestyle – long hours are spent sitting in the same position, mostly in a wrong posture, at workplaces. In addition, late-night shifts, smoking, long hours in front of the computer and irregular eating habits are making orthopaedic problems a lifestyle disease. As a result, relatively younger people are developing joint disorders and knee pains and age groups suffering from bone diseases are getting younger. Both men and women lose their bone density by 0.3 to 0.5 percent after the age of 35.” Said Dr. Ashish Jain, Director, Orthopedics & Joint Replacement, Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh

The main objective of setting up such OPD services in Sonipat is to extend the best services to those who were travelling for consults is not a viable option. Highly experienced and well-qualified doctors from Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh have already created their own milestones and are now inclined towards serving society for ensuring better health.

Dr. Amit Gupta addressed the masses and shed light on the growing incidence of neurological ailments including acute stroke, Brain tumor, head injury, disc prolapse, spine issue, neck and back pain and spine injury among many others, amongst people in tier III cities. Emphasis was laid on the rising cases of neurological problems among all age groups and timely intervention is the key to treatment.

“Awareness about the symptoms of neurological disorders and the importance of timely intervention should be made more prominent among the masses. We would like to take this opportunity to sensitize the public about the importance of early detection and its role in treatment outcomes. With recent advancements made in the field of neurosurgery, minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of Brain tumors have been emerging as one of the best methods of treatment. Outreaching through the OPD services, the patients and local residents will be highly benefitted.” Said Dr. Amit Gupta- Principal Consultant, Neurosurgery, Max Hospital Shalimar Bagh.

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Hi-tech intervention cures young bank officer suffering from brain tumor

Jan 28, 2021 by Rekha Nair 0 Comments #Dr VK Jain, #Max Hospital, #Neurosurgery, #Saket, #Senior Director

New Delhi: Mr Sharma, a young bank employee was successfully cured, after being diagnosed with a benign (non-cancerous) tumor in his brain with the assistance of advanced microsurgical procedure at Max Hospital Saket. The patient who used to have intense and frequent headaches suddenly lost the ability to speak and got bed ridden due to weakness in his right side of the body.

Assuming this to be a general weakness and would go away with some medications had delayed the diagnosis for almost 15 days. Upon consultation at Max Hospital, Saket, where the MRI of the brain revealed a benign tumor, he and his family were left in utter shock and horrified about the condition.

While a common myth persists in the minds that any surgical procedure of the brain mostly leaves people with permanent paralysis or in a vegetative state. He and his family were counselled about the latest minimally invasive intervention procedures and hi-tech equipment, which has zero risk and are highly safe procedures.

“Our team decided to perform a microsurgical intervention making use of the navigation technique for precisely targeting the tumor. With latest advancements made in the field of neurosurgery and interventions in the recent decades, surgeries have become completely safer and risk-free. The patient successfully underwent the procedure and made a swift recovery. He was completely cured and did not have any complications as noted before the surgery. Since the procedure was done in a minimally invasive manner, the functional and aesthetic outcomes were preserved.” Said Dr VK Jain, Senior Director, Neurosurgery, Max Hospital, Saket.

Within a span of one month, Mr Sharma had joined back to his bank job and feels better as earlier. Latest generation MRI scans have the potential to accurately position the site of tumor in the brain. Further with the assistance of Functional MRI(f-MRI) even the functional areas of the brain can be traced with accuracy without affecting the adjoining healthy cells.

“I would suggest to the public to not hesitate in getting the surgery done for a brain tumor from a well-established neurosurgical centre. Since delay in each and every second damages the brain cells and can potentially lead to paralysis or even mortality in the worst case.” Added Dr Jain

Brain tumour is the tenth leading cause of morbidity in India. The incidence of this deadly disease is rising and different kinds of tumours manifest at different age groups. As per the GLOBOCAN 2018 report, issued by the International Association of Cancer Registries (IARC) associated with the World Health Organization (WHO), in India over 28,000 cases of new brain tumour cases were reported annually.  Around 24,000 patients lost their lives battling this neurological ailment.

Although the prognosis of highly malignant tumors (cancerous) are not good, but with advancements in surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, many patients make exceptionally good recovery.