| | | | | - Adult Hepatology and Gastroenterology |
| Cornea Transplant Hospitals In Bangalore | | | | - Renal Transplantation in adults and children |
| | | | | including Lap Donor Nephrectomy |
| Corneal Transplant Surgery | | | | - Complex vascular and peritoneal access |
| The cornea is the tissue on the very front of the | | | | procedures |
| eye. It is clear and covers the iris and pupil. It | | | | - Complex Hepatobiliary Surgery.... |
| works with the lens to provide focusing power to | | | | |
| the eye. | | | | Hospitals in Bangalore, India |
| If the cornea becomes opaque, swollen, or | | | | Bangalore, one of the fastest growing |
| scarred, vision is compromised. Medication to | | | | cosmopolitan cities in Asia also holds the status of |
| control the damage to the cornea is usually the | | | | being the Silicon Valley of the east. While it has |
| first line of treatment, but once it is clear that | | | | several other reasons to be proud of, perhaps |
| medication will not halt or alter the damage, a | | | | the most important one will be housing some of |
| corneal transplant is considered. This surgical | | | | the most high tech industries in India. Bangalore is |
| procedure involves the removal of the damaged | | | | also home to some of India's premier scientific |
| tissue and replacement with a healthy, donated | | | | establishments and hospitals. |
| human cornea..... | | | | Bangalore is a hub to few of the finest and |
| | | | | medical tourism promoting hospitals of south India. |
| What are the most common benefits of this | | | | Major medical tourism promoting hospitals in |
| surgery ? | | | | Bangalore are Apollo Hospitals, Bannerghatta Road, |
| The transplanted tissue will enable the patient to | | | | Bangalore, Wockhardt Hospitals, , Bannerghatta |
| regain much of the eyesight lost by the condition | | | | Road, Bangalore, Manipal Hospital, Airport Road, |
| which damaged the patient's own cornea. The | | | | Bangalore, Narayana Heart Hospital, Bangalore, |
| surgery can also eliminate symptoms due to the | | | | Sparsh Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, Bangalore, |
| corneal condition. Because this procedure is | | | | Sagar Hospital, Bangalore, BGS Global Hospital, |
| performed only after medicines and other | | | | Bangalore. These hospitals have been accredited |
| treatments have failed, it is the final method of | | | | by national and international hospital accreditation |
| providing relatively normal eyesight to someone | | | | bodies and are well equipped to take medical and |
| having serious vision problems due to damage to | | | | personal care of International Patients..... |
| their cornea..... | | | | |
| | | | | The list of Cornea Transplant Hospitals in |
| How is the procedure performed ? | | | | Bangalore is as follows : - |
| The transplant procedure involves removing the | | | | A ] Apollo Hospital, Bangalore |
| diseased or damaged tissue, then replacing it with | | | | Apollo hospital Bangalore is the first of its kind in |
| the donor tissue. The entire operation is done | | | | South India and within the Apollo chain of the |
| under a surgical microscope. After taking | | | | Hospitals to be equipped with comprehensive |
| measurements of the amount of tissue to be | | | | state of the art armamentarium under one roof. |
| removed, the diseased corneal is cut and lifted | | | | The doctors at Apollo Hospital Bangalore have |
| away from the eye with a special round tool that | | | | been chosen after an extensive process where |
| works much like a cookie cutter called a | | | | their commitment and expertise is assessed in |
| trephine...... | | | | equal measure. Most of them have studied, |
| | | | | trained or worked abroad at eminent institutions. |
| Ideal Candidate | | | | The hospital has over 100 consultants available |
| Corneal damage from many different sources can | | | | round the clock..... |
| be treated with a transplant. Some examples of | | | | |
| conditions that can result in a transplant are : - | | | | B ] Narayana Cancer Hospital, Bangalore |
| - corneal failure after other eye surgery | | | | For mazumdar shaw centre for cancer research |
| - keratoconus -- a disease involving abnormal | | | | and Narayana Hrudayalaya institute of medical |
| curvature of the cornea | | | | sciences It is a 1400 bed super specialty Cancer |
| - inherited corneal diseases.... | | | | Research and Multi-specialty Hospital, located at |
| | | | | the 5000 bed Health City, to be launched in the |
| Building on a Legacy of Innovation | | | | first week of January 2009...... |
| We Care India partner hospital transplant teams | | | | |
| are comprised of surgeons, medical specialists, | | | | C ] Manipal Hospital, Bangalore |
| nurse coordinators, social workers and ancillary | | | | Manipal Hospital, situated on Airport Road, |
| staff members who provide superior, specialized | | | | Bangalore is a landmark destination for quality and |
| expertise in all related transplant services. From | | | | affordable healthcare. The 600 bed centrally |
| careful pre-transplant monitoring to post-surgical | | | | air-conditioned hospital is the first tertiary care |
| care, Stanford's strong emphasis on continuous | | | | multi superspeciality referral centre in Karnataka. |
| quality improvement creates better outcomes for | | | | It is India’s first hospital to be ISO 9001:2000 |
| transplant patients. | | | | certified for Clinical, Nursing, Diagnostics and Allied |
| We Care India partner hospital has long been at | | | | Areas. The hospital has been declared winner of |
| the forefront of the field, home to both the first | | | | the prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality |
| adult heart transplant in the US and the first | | | | Award 2005 in the service category..... |
| heart-lung transplant in the world. The transplant | | | | |
| programs at We Care India partner hospital have | | | | |
| earned a number of distinctions in the field, | | | | |
| including the #1 ranking in the country in both | | | | Please log on to : |
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| At We Care India partner hospital, transplant unit | | | | |
| was established in 1997 with a view to providing | | | | We Care Core Values |
| state-of-the-art tertiary level care and service in | | | | We have a very simple business model that |
| liver and renal transplantation...... | | | | keeps you as the centre. |
| | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| Facilities and expertise available : - | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination |
| - Liver Transplantation for children and adults with | | | | teams stationed at each partner hospital, we |
| acute and chronic liver failure /cirrhosis | | | | provide you the smoothest and seamless care |
| - Living related Liver transplant and Cadaveric | | | | ever imagined. With a ratio of one Patient Care |
| transplant | | | | Manager to five patients our patient care |
| - Pediatric hepatology service including transplant | | | | standards are unmatched across the sub |
| and biliary surgery | | | | continent. |