Government hospitals expand joint replacement care reducing referrals to private hospitals

Government hospitals successful Karnataka are emerging arsenic centres for precocious orthopaedic procedures specified arsenic Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR), pursuing a bid of reforms aimed astatine strengthening infrastructure, capableness and access, Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said connected Thursday.

Addressing presspersons, helium said the State has witnessed a wide displacement towards nationalist hospitals performing these surgeries, reducing dependence connected backstage facilities and ensuring affordable attraction person to patients’ homes.