PRLog (Press Release) –
Feb 09, 2008 – British Lady trusts Indian surgeon for second knee replacement
A British lady from Luton flew to Chennai for her second knee replacement. Mrs Indira Deen from Luton, Bedfordshire had a positive experience of a High flex knee replacement by surgeon Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam last year that she decided to rely on the same doctor for her second knee operation. I
Mrs.Deen hailing from Luton has little faith in the NHS as rumors of MRSA were doing the rounds. In fact she was admitted to a NHS hospital for a knee replacement two years back but got herself discharged at the last minute when she learnt about bad experiences of fellow patients. She then contacted this Indian doctor who had worked in the UK and had her first TKR at a Chennai hospital in 2006. The operation last year replaced one of her two knees damaged by Rheumatoid arthritis. Her knee was assessed by her GP and surgeon back home. They opined that she had more bend in the knee than a standard knee replacement did back home. The scar was also cosmetic measuring only 5 inches long. She recalled having very little pain after the operation as compared to some of her friends who remember suffering from pain for a long time after a knee replacement.
A year later her faith in the system has only deteriorated and she chose to fly out to India for the surgery.
She will be taking an eight hour long flight and be checking in to the hospital this week. She will be accompanied by her husband Dennis Deen who has a lucrative real estate business in the Luton area.
This time around the surgeon used the Gender specific High flex knee replacement which was introduced last year. After the operation, Indira & Dennis will be relaxing at a five star hotel by the sea near Chennai. Her surgery will cost her only half that of a private knee replacement in the UK.
Indian doctors and hospitals are favoured destinations for patients from the UK needing joint replacement like hip resurfacing and knee replacements. Latest advances & techniques are practiced enhancing the faith of patients. No fears of MRSA exist in Indian hospitals. Services at the hospital are top notch says her husband Dennis. In the UK, we have big NHS hospitals but the service for elective procedures is not upto the mark. Many peope innocently trust their doctor and check in only to discover that somebody else has operated. There is no continuity of care. Moreover you are thrown out of the hospital in three days to make room for other patients. Here they will be staying for two weeks in a super deluxe room and then be cheking in to a resort.
Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam, the surgeon trained in the UK and now practices in Chennai.
