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Lilavati Hospital conducts health check-up camp for tribal women Mangaldas Oza Charitable Trust also supported the camp children AS PART of the social initiative, ‘Save and empower girl child’ (SEWA) - Mangaldas Oza Charitable Trust along with Lilavati Hospital, Mumbai organised a free mega health and medicine distribution camp for adivasi girls and women at Village Dhundalwadi, Dahanu, Thane. During the health check-up it was found that majority of women were suffering with high diabetes, anaemia, malnutrition and vitamin deficiency.
Around 11 girls who were suffering from serious illnesses were brought to Lilavati Hospital for further treatment. “Lilavati Hospital has pledged to carry out 50,000 free health check-ups in one year for girls and young women in and around Mumbai. This is the first check up by Lilavati in the Dahanu area and based on
the response, they have plans for more such camps in and around Dahanu,” said Dr Premraj Battalwar, Associate Medical Superintendent, Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre. The camp was organised under the guidance and in close co-ordination with Ami Choksi, a Trustee of Mangaldas Oza Charitable Trust. Reportedly,
around 576 girls and women benefited from this health camp. This medical camp included eye, nose, throat, gynaec, nutrition, diabetes and overall health check-up was done by doctors and staff from Lilavati Hospital and free medicines were distributed. “We are pleased with the grand success of this medical
camp by Mangaldas Oza Charitable Trust along with Lilavati Hospital. In future we both plan to conduct more such camps with follow up check up camps. The aim of this medical camp is to reach and provide health benefits to maximum people,” said Sanjay Jambhulkar, Trustee, Mangaldas Oza Trust and DCP - Mumbai.
International Biologics Orthopaedic Meet 2014 concludes in Mumbai It saw participation from around 200 doctors from across the country THE INTERNATIONAL Biologics Orthopaedic Meet (IBOM 2014), an initiative of Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital was recently held in Mumbai. The event saw participation from around 200 doctors from across the country. It provided a platform to discuss developments and innovations in the field of ortho biology with an aim to increase awareness on sports medicine in India. The conference was organised in collaboration with Hi-
ranandani Orthopaedic Medical Education (HOME), the orthopaedic research division of the Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital, and the Biological Orthopaedic Society, USA. Biological Orthopaedic therapy is fast becoming the most popular treatment option in Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine worldwide. A number of options including platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy, autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) and
stem cell therapy are the treatments available for orthopaedic surgeons today. Commenting on this initiative, Dr Vijay Shetty, Organising Chairman, IBOM 2014, stated, “We are delighted with the success of IBOM 2014. The objective of the meet was to exchange thoughts and knowledge with eminent national and international experts who have spent considerable time in this field. And we have successfully managed to
achieve the objective with the help of the renowned experts in the field.” Dr Sujit Chatterjee, CEO, Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital, while commenting on the event said, “IBOM is an opportunity for renowned orthopaedic and sports medicine experts across the globe to gather on one platform to interact and gain maximum knowledge on the developments in the field. Taking note of the growing significance of sports medicine in
India, we at Dr LH Hiranandani Hospital have introduced specialised Sports Medicines centres.” The prominent national faculty included Deepak Goyal, Dinshaw Pardiwala, Jaspal Sandhu, Mandeep Dhillon, Nicholas Antao, Roshan Wade, Sanjeev Jain, Yajuvendra Gawai, and Vaibhav Bagaria. The international faculty included Dr Allan Mishra, Dr Richard Villar, and Dr Vikas Khanduja among others.
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