Within few days of India’s top IT outsourcing company Infosys was called ‘Chop Shop’ by a US senator, a UK infection control research team led by Prof Timothy Walsh, in a study published in Lancet, has dropped another bombshell by naming a new Superbug gene NDM-1 after the name of Indian capital, as ‘New Delhi metallo- lactamase-1’ and blaming Indian Medical Tourism industry especially Cosmetic Surgery centres for its worldwide spread.

“This act of naming Superbug after New Delhi, while none of the samples collected was from Delhi and its presence in UK itself indigenously, appears a ‘Racially’ and commercially motivated act to malign Indian Medical tourism sector.” said Dr K M Kapoor, Senior Consultant, Cosmetic Surgery at Fortis Hospital, Mohali and a Medical Tourism exponent in India.

The charge of the name being racially biased gets all the more credence as Prof Timothy Walsh had reported a similar, but far more dangerous Superbug from an infection outbreak in a hospital in Houston, Texas in 2006. This bug was named VIM 7 rather than being called ‘Houston Superbug’ and was never publicized much. VIM 7 was more dangerous than NDM 1 as it was resistant to all the drugs except Polymyxin B while NDM-I is susceptible to Tigecyclin and Colistin.

I3-IRG researcher Prof Timothy Walsh, PhD, who is still in the process of obtaining his MRCPath (London) and DSc (Australia) had earlier also resorted to publicity gimmicks to draw world’s attention to his pet topic of Metallo-?-Lactamase gene, but failed to do so in his previous attempts. This time by deliberately naming the ‘Superbug’ after New Delhi and implicating India’s burgeoning Cosmetic Surgery tourism industry for its spread, he has raised a big controversy and has managed to get all the attention.

Moreover the credibility of this study suffers from another account as this study has been funded by EU, Wellcome and Wyeth, with Wyeth being the manufacturer of Tigecyclin, one of the two drugs effective against NDM 1. The lead author has reported receiving a travel grant from Wyeth and another author has reported holding or managing shares in AstraZeneca, Merck, Pfizer, Dechra, GlaxoSmithKline, and Eco Animal Health.

By creating a false scare and a doomsday scenario, Prof Timothy Walsh is trying to gain international limelight .The proof of how serious is the threat, of NDM 1 gene, can be had from the excerpts of a press release from Hong Kong’s public Health Dep’t. ‘ According to test results of Public Health Laboratory Services Branch (PHLSB), there was one isolate of E. coli harbouring NDM-1 in a 66-year-old male patient attending a government out-patient clinic in October 2009.The organism was however susceptible to oral antibiotic agents commonly used to treat urinary tract infection, the spokesman said. The patient fully recovered.’ . In this case patient has recovered even after contracting the ‘dreaded’ NDM-1 E Coli infection.

Prof Timothy Walsh had earlier also tried to create scare with this Super bug theory in 2004 through his article , titled ‘Metallo-ß-Lactamases: the Quiet before the Storm?’.The ‘ Quiet before storm’ has lasted well for over 6 years now without a major international outbreak and now Prof Timothy Walsh is again back with his pet topic, trying to serve the same old wine in a new bottle.

UK’s own record in infection control is dismal and high infection rates due to ‘MRSA Superbug’ are driving patients abroad to safer destinations. The EARSS (European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System) monitors antimicrobial resistance in Europe. It maintains a comprehensive surveillance and information system that provides comparable and validated data on the prevalence and spread of major invasive bacteria such as MRSA. Its 2002 data shows that in UK hospitals, 44.5 % of Staph infections were of MRSA type, carrying 15 % mortality.

In a report ‘Superbug fear drives NHS patients abroad’ written by Sophie Goodchild, Health Editor , London Evening Standard on 11th March 2008, it has been mentioned ‘About 22,000 people in the capital and 100,000 from UK went overseas for surgery and dental treatment last year – a rise of nearly a quarter on 2006. Fear over infection from superbugs is now a major reason for them opting to go private instead of receiving treatment on the NHS. More than half of surgery patients said they were worried about contracting an infection such as MRSA in a British hospital. This comes a day after the Evening Standard revealed more than nine patients a week are dying from hospital acquired infections. The findings are published by research group Treatment Abroad from its international medical tourist survey.’

Another report had quoted- Keith Pollard, a director of Treatment Abroad, a website on medical tourism, told the media: “We are getting reports that worries about hospital infections such as MRSA are driving people abroad.” Katherine Murphy, of the Patients Association, said: “Hospital infections are the number one concern from callers to our helpline. It comes as no surprise that some people are going abroad because they’re frightened of NHS infection rates in this country. The government is not doing anything to reassure the public, particularly when we know key people are being lost from hospital infection posts and cleaning budgets are being cut”.

High costs and fear of UK Superbug, MRSA, led to the growth of outbound medical tourism from UK with India as one of the top beneficiary. As per a study by treatment abroad , in 2006, for cosmetic surgery procedures like Breast augmentation, tummy tuck, liposuction and facelift , around 14,500 patients traveled outside the UK, spending around £3,500 each, creating an estimated market worth £50 million(cosmetic surgery getting 31% of total market share). This trend has been increasing rapidly since then.

Dr K M Kapoor also shared story of one of his patients from UK, a leading glamour model, Toni Samantha Wildish, who underwent a Breast Implant surgery in Czechoslovakia and contracted a major infection in right breast during surgery and was discharged and sent back after 3 days.

By the time, she reached back home in UK after 5 days, she had started developing features of septicemia. She was taken up for emergency surgery and her right breast implant was removed, leaving her with asymmetric breasts. This left her with no option to look for a better place outside Europe and finally she was operated successfully in India at Fortis Hospital, Mohali by Dr K M Kapoor.

Her previous left side breast implant was also removed and a new set of implants were placed to put her modeling career back on track. “Why this case was not much publicized by ‘Infections from other countries’ experts like Prof Timothy Walsh could be anybody’s guess but one reason could be that Czechoslovakia is part of EU” said Dr Kapoor.

By Implicating Indian Cosmetic Surgery industry for the spread of NDM- 1 gene, without any substantial supporting evidence, this UK based research team is trying to help UK’s floundering Cosmetic Surgery market due to popularity of less expensive and safer Asian destinations like India, Thailand, Malaysia etc, amongst UK population. It is important to note that while samples were collected from India, Pakistan and UK, the bacteria gene was deliberately named after New Delhi.

The reasons are not very far to see as India in recent years has risen to become one of the top medical tourism destinations in Cosmetic Surgery. The same bacteria could have been named ‘Islamabad bug’ but as Pakistan is not yet a significant player in Medical Tourism, so it was spared.

Cosmetic Surgery, one of the safest surgical specialties, is the biggest contributor to the medical tourism revenues in India. The UK team had reasons to discredit India’s dominance in the field of Medical Tourism as western medical industry has started seeing Asian countries led by India as their major competitors and fear that Medical outsourcing industry could go the IT way.

They have found a potent weapon in the form of NDM-1 to win their patients from India by scaring them with this superbug. Dr K M Kapoor, while concluding said, “It is high time Indian government takes a tough stand on this issue to protect its medical tourism industry and asks the UK govt for a clarification & removal of word ‘New Delhi’ from the name of this Superbug.”

source: Punjab Newsline Network

Edward Jones downgraded the ratings on the stocks of the three health insurers it covers — UnitedHealth Group Inc, WellPoint Inc and Aetna Inc — to “sell” from “hold” late on Friday. Those companies are the three largest U.S. health insurers.

As of the end of the month, the brokerage will no longer cover the companies.

“We are concerned that market structure changes, profit limitations and rebates, and ever-present political/regulatory pressures will negatively impact future profit growth and more than offset the anticipated influx of newly insured members,” Edward Jones analyst Aaron Vaughn wrote in a report.

The brokerage, whose clients are long-term individual investors, recommends instead looking at other healthcare stocks, such as pharmaceutical companies, Vaughn said.

The recommendation represents one of the most negative calls against investing in the health insurance industry since the new law passed earlier this year.

The law paves the way for more than 30 million uninsured Americans to receive coverage over the next several years, while imposing new regulations and fees on health insurance companies.

While 2010 looks like a strong year for the health insurers, the new reforms that kick in beginning next year and continue to 2014 and beyond cause massive uncertainty, Vaughn said in an interview.

“It’s going to be a dramatically different environment from today and no one can really say what that environment is going to be,” he said.

“The risk/return for the industry overall is not attractive for individual investors, and that’s who we’re focused on for the long term,” Vaughn said. “We’re worried about mom and dad having this in their portfolio.”

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Many patients are however put off by the high prices in Europe and the US and are traveling to India to get the same treatment at vastly reduced cost of 60% or more. The benefits of doing this are huge; Price advantage is a major selling point. The slogan thus is, “First World treatment’ at Third World prices” the cost differential across the board is huge: only a tenth and sometimes even a sixteenth of the cost in the West! Cosmetic surgeries in Western countries cost three to four times as much as in India. If you have never considered India for Bariatric Surgery now is the time to start, as the advantages make total sense – and the surgery is comparable with any in Europe or the US. Price advantage is a major selling point.

What is Bariatric Surgery?

Bariatric surgery is a surgical procedure done to alter the stomach to treat severe obesity. Bariatric surgery is a term derived from the Greek words: weight and treatment’ Bariatric surgical procedures are major gastrointestinal operations that (a) seal off most of the stomach to reduce the amount of food one can eat, and (b) rearrange the small intestine to reduce the calories the bodies can absorb. There are several different types of Bariatric weight loss surgical procedures, but they are known collectively as ‘Bariatric surgery’.

Ideal Candidate for Bariatric Surgery:

Bariatric surgery candidates are those who have not been able to lose weight through traditional forms of treatment. If you have been struggling with chronic obesity for many years, you may be a good candidate. However, not everyone who wants to lose weight should undergo Bariatric surgery.

Benefits of Bariatric Surgery:

1. Rapid weight loss
immediately following surgery, most patients lose weight rapidly and continue to do so until 18 to 24 months after the procedure. However, some patients are unable to adjust their eating habits and fail to lose the desired weight. In all weight loss operations, successful results depend on the patient’s motivation and behavior modifications.

2. Improvement in obesity-related conditions
Weight reduction surgery has been reported to improve many conditions including sleep apnea, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. In one study, the blood sugar levels of most obese patients with diabetes returned to normal after surgery.

3. Improved mood
many patients report less depression and other improved aspects of psychosocial functioning.

4. Improved quality of life
most patients have more energy and can be more active.

5. Most patients lose at least 50% of excess body weight.

6. Most people with hypertension and/or diabetes no longer need medications.

7. A return of normal periods for young women with abnormal or absent menses and improvement of
fertility.

8. Improved sexual function for many males.

9. Eliminates or slows the disabling effects of arthritis.

10. Improved self-esteem and more energy.

Risks involved in Bariatric Surgery:

The more extensive the bypass operation; the greater the risk for complications and nutrition deficiencies. Nevertheless, all surgical procedures have serious risks. Patients with extensive bypasses of the normal digestive process require not only close monitoring, but also life-long use of special foods and medications.

1. Vomiting
Vomiting may occur as a result of restrictive operations. The small stomach pouch being overly stretched by food particles that have not been chewed well causes it.

2. Pregnancy risks
Women of childbearing age must plan to avoid pregnancy for at least two years following the surgery and until their weight has stabilized. Rapid weight loss and nutrition deficiencies can harm a developing fetus.

3. Necessary follow-up operations
Two to five percent of patients who have weight loss operations require follow-up operations to correct complications. Abdominal hernias are the most common complications that require follow-up surgery. Less common complications include breakdown of the staple line and stretched stomach outlets.

Cost for Affordable Bariatric Surgery:

Bariatric surgery is one very popular form of Obesity surgery which putting things simply causes weight loss by making the stomach smaller. The cost of bariatric surgery is not cheap by any means. For an experience surgeon to perform the operation will cost at least $17,000 upwards to $30,000 to get the operation carried out in the US.

But lots of people are getting their surgery done in India for much cheaper. For example you can get an all-inclusive deal in India for quarter of an amount as compared to the USA. Indian hospitals have very well trained surgeons, as well as the US surgeons if not better. The price normally includes pick-up at the airport, hospital, band, physician fees, and pre-op workup. So, all that is needed is to add the cost of a flight.

Affordable Bariatric Surgery in India:

Bariatric Surgery is in high demand as in the US as 30% of its population is estimated to be overweight. Bariatric Surgery in India brings patients from US and Europe to the country. The demand for cheap and efficient healthcare is drawing medical tourists from western countries to India for their surgeries.

Desperate Americans, Canadians and British tourists lead the way for the growing medical tourism industry in India. Surgical procedures in India are charged at a mere fraction of the price for the same surgeries in the USA, making it much easier for uninsured families to manage expensive medical bills.

In fact, Indian doctors are considered to be among the best in the world and their high level of surgical expertise evolves from many years of training – after studying in India many doctors train and work in the UK. What’s more, healthcare facilities in India are the most cost-effective in the world with private hospitals offering treatment at a fraction of the price of those in the UK.

It is obvious that medical tourism is heading in the right direction with all the attention the media has been giving to it lately. India is hoping to expand its tourist industry – and every one appreciates the step. Medical tourism, where foreigners travel abroad in search of low cost, world-class medical treatment, is gaining popularity in countries like India.

Though the quality of health care for the poor in countries like India is undeniably low, private facilities offer advanced technology and procedures on par with hospitals in developed nations. One Indian hospital director maintains, “In a corporate hospital, once you are in a hospital it is almost impossible whether you are in India or your homecountry. “There is no doubt that the Indian medical industry’s main appeal is low-cost treatment.

Most estimates claim treatment costs in India start at around a tenth of the price of comparable treatment in America or Britain. Yet cost-savings may not be enough to foster a trade in medical tourism. Unfairly or not, most people in would not think of India as a land of good health. For more Info on Affordable Obesity Surgery in India visit us at www.excelsiorindianhealthcare.com/ or you can send us your queries at enquiry@excelsiorindianhealthcare.com. You can also call us at 0091- 779-812-2756.

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Dr. Ferraro believes Panama is the perfect setting for people to incorporate a vacation with alternative, non-invasive treatments for a lengthy list of ailments, diseases and injuries. Advanced treatment in non-surgical spinal decompression therapy means the avoidance of going under the knife for many suffering from debilitating spinal injuries. When the therapy is performed at a medical tourism resort, a patient’s family can be by their side while enjoying a vacation at the same time. An added benefit of medical tourism resorts is the ability of the physicians to control the lifestyle of the patient being treated, enabling a healthy, speedy recovery. Dr. Ferraro explains, “A medical resort can create a path to recovery that encompasses the entire mind and body. As opposed to just prescribing a drug and sending a patient home, when they are at the resort their recovery may incorporate meditation, a special diet, detoxification programs and more.” The Panama-based medical resort would bring together physicians from around the world and offer alternative, non-invasive treatments for cancer, spinal injuries and anti-viral treatment.

According to Mike Cobb of ECI Development 500,000 American retirees pick up their monthly social security cheques at an embassy or other location outside of the United States, and what stops up to 4.5 million others from following them is concerns about healthcare. Cobb says that the standard of healthcare in many South American countries has improved greatly and the cost is low too. Many countries have at least one or two top-notch hospitals with U.S.-trained English-speaking doctors and state-of-the-art equipment, often with new technology such as 3D scans, not used widely in the USA.

ECI Development is in discussion stages with some doctors on partnerships to add assisted living care and medical centres to real estate developments in Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. In an assisted living pilot exercise for a woman with M.S., her costs in the United States were $10,000-$12,000 per month for round-the-clock care; her costs at Gran Pacifica in Nicaragua were 25% of that for a quality of her care better than she was receiving in the U.S.Cobb feels that businesses in medical tourism are missing an opportunity by ignoring assisted living, perhaps because it lacks the glamour of surgery or cosmetic treatment, as the old and the sick need help too.

Pegasus Star, the developers of Hacienda Matapalo, a gated community on Costa Rica’s South Pacific coast, will partner with New York based Patients Medical to establish a holistic wellness centre to help residents discover health and rediscover vitality. Dr. Rashmi Gulati of Patients Medical says, “Our physicians will bring their multidisciplinary perspective of health and healing. Educated in conventional medicine, our doctors discovered the power of holistic medicine and now balance the two approaches. David Matluck of Pegasus Star adds, “Unlike the traditional medical clinic that we have planned for our commercial centre, the new holistic wellness center will actually be part of our gated community.”

Deepak Chopra, founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California, is looking at Costa Rica as a potential location for a future centre.

source: imtj.com

This 2011 campaign will showcase Germany’s modern and cutting-edge facilities, luxury hotels, spas and spa-towns. This is intended to appeal to travellers who value active and affordable holidays linked with culture and indulgence. The campaign will highlight the top German medical clinics for international patients as well as the tourist attractions of the nearby towns and cities.

Currently about 400,000 tourists visit Germany annually for health related holidays, and this number is growing. This is in addition to the estimated 70,000 medical tourists using German clinics and hospitals that are renowned for their excellent quality and reasonable prices.

Germany’s healthy climate, healing waters, natural therapies and countless hotels, spas and health resorts offer programmes to refresh the mind and reinvigorate the body. The offerings include health and beauty care involving fun and physical and mental relaxation using a wide variety of therapies, massages and treatment methods. Around 300 mineral and mud spas, hydrotherapy resorts, climatic health resorts and seaside resorts in Germany offer a wide choice of preventive and therapeutic well-being treatments. Germany is a land of spas and thermal baths promoting health, beauty and well-being.

source: imtj.com

Israel now seeks tourists looking for added value: the Holy Land, the life of Jesus, history, culture, and religion. Israel’s tourism marketing has become more aggressive with a hard-sell strategy to sell Israel as a venue.

The health and tourism industries are discussing promoting Israel as a destination for medical tourism from developed countries. At present there is sporadic and not very effective marketing by individual agencies and hospitals that effectively compete with each other rather than promoting Israel generally. The consensus is that they need to join forces under a single brand for the country’s entire medical system, rather than marketing separately.

Israeli hospitals have a hunger for medical tourism, as most need the money. Those already involved in medical tourism are the country’s largest hospitals: Sheba Medical Center, Ichilov Hospital; Rambam Medical Center; Hadassah University Hospital, and Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva. Two smaller private hospitals, Assouta Medical Center and the Herzliya Medical Center, are also active.

Israel has specialist expertise in oncology, fertility treatment, bone marrow transplants and orthopedics. Israeli health care prices are also lower than in many Western countries, but more expensive than Asia or Eastern Europe. What could be a problem is that hospitals charge 50% more for treating foreigners than they receive for treating Israelis. Israel would also have to compete with locally active competitors in Turkey.

Hadassah Medical Organization reports that revenue from medical tourism in 2009 was NIS 60 million, compared to a starting point in 2003 of NIS 3.5 million. Hadassah actively seeks patients abroad for its two hospitals in Jerusalem. Assouta Medical Center reports four-fold growth over the past four years and now gets NIS 50 million a year. Sheba Medical Center reports NIS 60 million in 2009, a 50% increase on 2008.

Most medical tourists in Israel come from Eastern Europe. Russians and Ukranians can find doctors in Israel who speak their language and understand their culture. A recent conference suggested that Israel would prosper by targeting the USA and Western Europe. But there are problems with that scenario; Israel has yet to penetrate either market, and public opinion in many European countries is, after the commando raid on peace ships in international waters, very anti-Israel. Israel currently gets virtually no medical tourism business from the USA, UK or Canada; and after several recent political incidents, Israel is far from popular in the UK.

source: treatmentabroad.com

Employers with domestic travel programs say they save money in part by negotiating a single rate, which includes the fees for surgeons, anesthesiologists and all medical care up until the patient is discharged. Lowe’s heart-surgery alliance with the Cleveland Clinic is among the more high-profile examples of the growing trend.

Top 10 Pharma CEO salaries: Leading the way in Big Pharma executive compensation last year was Schering-Plough CEO Fred Hassan, just south of $50 million. That was nearly $20 million more than No. 2., Johnson & Johnson’s Bill Weldon. If you think these numbers seem obscenely large, they do. Chalk it up to American culture. Toyota’s CEO made just $1.1 million last year (though he may have had a hefty expense account to go along with it.)

The nation’s doctor-shortage capital? That’d be Idaho, which has fewer physicians per 10,000 residents than any other state. And things could get worse before they get better–40 percent of Idaho physicians are 55 or older and 21 percent are past retirement age.

America’s most beautiful hospitals: San Diego’s Sharp Memorial Hospital tops the “most beautiful” list, according to staffing firm Soliant Health.

Dealflow: Seattle’s Oncothyreon lines up $20 million; San Francisco’s Calithera gets $40 million for cancer drugs; Massachusetts-based Excelimmune grabs $4.5 million.

source: medcitynews.com

As a proportion of the gross domestic product, health expenditures represent 11 9 per cent, an all-time high, says the CIHI report. In 2008, it was 1OM percent. The jump in health spending as a proportion of the GYM’ can be attributed to a slowdown in the economy, said the organization’s interim president and CEO Anne McFarlane.

“The reason for that increase is not particularly because of the growth in health care expenditure but because of the dedine in the size of the economy because of the recession,” she said. “If everything had remained constant, if the recession hadn’t happened, we would have projected that the GDP ratio for 2009 would be basically what it was for 2008.”

Taking into account inflation and population growth, health-care spending is estimated to increase by 2.5 per cent, the report .says, down from 4.2 per cent in 2008.

“Every year, health-care expenditure basically does outpace inflation and population growth the question is by how much,” McFarlane said
Hospitals are expected to account for the largest proportion of health- care spending in Canada this year, at 278 per cent, or $51 billion, although hospitals m previous years have accounted for a higher share of the spending In 1975, hospitals accounted for 44.7 per of total spending.

Next in line are drugs, which are estimated to account for 164 per cent, or $30 billion of the $123 1 billion total. The report takes into account both prescribed and non-prescribed medications. Fourteen per cent of total spending went to physician payments in this year’s estimate, which account for the third-largest proportion of the expenditure.

Governments are expected to account for 70.2 per cent of total health- care spending and the private sector for 29.8 per cent. Included expenses in the private- sector spending are dental care, prescribed drugs and private insurance, McFarlane said.

written by: Allison Cross

Australia does not yet offer medical tourism in any organised way as the number of international inbound visitors that meet the definition of a medical tourist is, according to the report, a consistent 7,000 a year from 2006 to 2009. While official figures suggest that there are over a million medical tourists in Australia each year, this is a definition that comes out of the unusual state based and insurance based healthcare systems in the country; so almost all of these are simply Australians travelling away from their home town/city, frequently a relatively short distance by Australian standards, but not by European standards, for medical treatment.

There are a much larger number of health and wellness travellers, but again the vast majority of these are from within the country. There are very few hospitals or clinics offering facilities to medical tourists from overseas. This research suggests that Australia would benefit from developing niche medical tourism offerings based on Australian medical strengths/expertise, as has occurred with the Cairns Fertility Clinic and its IVF services. Possible areas for development of Australian medical tourism services include cardiology, urology, orthopaedic surgery and oncology. The report recommends that Australia seek a competitive advantage internationally by focusing on the provision of quality services at a lower price point than the United States, and based on niche medical offerings in which Australia has an international reputation and expertise.

There is no state or national government policy on or support of medical tourism and no particular recognition of this as an area of distinctive opportunity. The prospect of medical tourism is seen by all these governments as fraught with difficulties for governments concerned with voters’ perceptions of medical resources being handed over to private sector entrepreneurs. The research suggests that the best way forward would be for the national government to establish and fund a body that develops a nationally coordinated medical tourism policy and actively promotes Australia as an international medical tourism destination through trade shows and other forums. To encourage the development of medical tourism, it is recommended that submissions are developed and presented to government to illustrate the potential for medical tourism to contribute to the supply of medical services and facilities in Australia and to contribute export income to the Australian economy.

One problem identified is that the visa application process for medical tourists is so complex that most medical tourists enter Australia on a tourist visa rather than go through the process of applying for a medical visa due to the associated delay. It recommends that the application process for medical visas (long-stay and short- stay) be reviewed and streamlined. The report identified a problem on price as Australia does not have a comparable selling point on price to India, but Australian medical services are still considerably cheaper than in the United States and several treatments are also less costly than in South Korea.

source: imtj.co

Few of the various reasons of these patients coming to India for getting the gastric bypass surgery in India are the cost which is very high and the long waiting list that keeps an individual on hold to set the surgery done at the time he/she may be desiring in their home country.

Because fewer calories are also absorbed, they will also likely experience a drop in her weight. The most common type of surgery is Roux-en-Y, a process in which surgical staples or a plastic band is used to create a small pouch at the top of the stomach. This pouch is then linked to the small intestine, allowing food to bypass the rest of the stomach and the upper portion of the small intestine.

Another type of gastric bypass surgery is what is called an open procedure. In this case, the surgery is conducted via a large incision in the abdomen. Laparoscopic surgery is a gastric bypass procedure in which a small incision is made using tiny instruments and a camera in order to seal part of the stomach.

There is a very selective screening process for individuals interested in this process. A panel of experts, made up of a physician, dietician, psychologist and surgeon, evaluate the candidate’s particular medical history, including whether the benefits of the surgery will outweigh the risks in the candidate’s particular situation for Gastric bypass surgery in India.
Here are some common features of individuals who have this procedure: Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or higher. Obese for a minimum of five years no history of alcohol abuse untreated depression or any other mental health disorder between 18 and 65 years of age.

Excelsior Indian Healthcare has become one of the most prominent, well known and trustworthy name amongst International patients opting for Gastric bypass surgery in India due to the fact as it is providing the most reasonable and Affordable medical healthcare packages for various types of Obesity surgery available as according to the preference of the patient and the surgeon’s advice.

These facilities are being provided to patients in Mumbai and Delhi in the hospital having all modern healthcare facilities and fully equipped staff. The patient can also go for a vacation before or after the surgery arranged by the medical tourism in India.

source: pr-inside.com