Indian Hospital Fire: Dark Side Of Medical Tourism

Posted on 24 December 2011 in Uncategorized by admin

For foreign “medical tourists” and a tiny fraction of the Indian elite, shining urban hospitals treat patients with the latest in diagnostic and surgical procedures. Multi-room suites and platinum waiting lounges rival five star hotels, or at least European airports, for opulence. But a recent hospital fire that killed 96 patients at Kolkata’s AMRI Hospital shows just how hollow those institutions can be behind the facade, writes the Globe and Mails Stephanie Nolen

The “shocking truth about first world care” is as follows:

The hospital had no working sprinkler system, and no functioning smoke alarms. Staff had no fire training and many members fled when the blaze began in the early hours of the morning.

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Affordable Bariatric Surgery in India – Benefits, Risks and Costs for International Patients

Posted on 21 July 2010 in Uncategorized by admin

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

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