Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Nov 14: First free total knee replacement surgery under Ayushman Bharat was performed successfully at the District Hospital Udhampur with the patient walking on the very next day after the surgery.
The surgery was performed by Orthopedics Consultant Dr Balvinder Singh and his team comprising Anesthesist Dr Prakash Atri, Theatre Assistant Rajinder, Mahesh and Raju .The surgery would have cost around Rs 3 to 4 lakh if performed in private health institution. However, it was conducted free of cost in the District Hospital as the patient was covered under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Elaborating on the successful performance of surgery, Dr Balvinder said total knee replacement surgeries are very expensive surgeries in private health institutions but he is performing these surgeries in Government Hospital and that too at district level which is very beneficial for the needy patients, both financially and physiologically as otherwise patients have to travel outside the Union Territory for these surgeries and shell out hefty amount for the same which would be almost impossible for a substantial number of patients.
Dr Balvinder said that all the requisite facilities for orthopaedic surgeries are available at the District Hospital Udhampur and the people with orthopedic ailments must visit this hospital for treatment where patients are provided the best treatment irrespective of their status in terms of caste, creed, colour or finance. He appealed the people to take benefit of Central Government’s flagship schemes especially pertaining to their health as these schemes provide for cashless treatment to people.
It is pertinent to mention here that Dr Balvinder Singh was former Assistant Professor in Safdarjung Hospital and got his fellowship in Joint Replacement and Arthroscopy from Germany. Presently he is also president of Doctors’ Association Jammu.
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