Laparoscopy Hospital

Laparoscopy is the only Hospital in Asia which is solely dedicated to laparoscopy treatment and training. This 30 bedded Hospital was founded in 2001. The Hospital is an initiative of Dr RK Mishra who is Professor and Training Head of Minimal Access Surgery at Laparoscopy Hospital.

A separate legal entity governed by the Companies Act, Laparoscopy Hospital conducts activities on its own behalf and is distinct from the persons who own and control it. Laparoscopy Hospital is a unit of Delhi Laparoscopy Hospital Private Ltd. On the international front, the Hospital has made forays in 13 countries in a span of last four years and has helped in establishing laparoscopic surgery through out the world. The advanced minimal access surgical activities, operations and training offered by Delhi Laparoscopy Hospital Pvt Ltd has its reach from the East to the South East Asia, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

The list of recognition that the Hospital has received in all these years include recognition by Government of Delhi, World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons and The Global Open University.

Training the Team

"We are planning to launch laparoscopy mobile vans which would be equipped with the facilities for laparoscopy surgery" - Dr RK Mishra Training Head Laparoscopy Hospital

The Hospital is known for its training modules which provide laparoscopic courses imparting basic as well as advanced theoretical and practical knowledge in minimal access surgery to the young and experienced surgeons in a structured manner. They lay emphasis on day to day practical problems that a laparoscopic surgeon faces. There are around 30 candidates per month applying for these courses out of which 50 per cent belong to foreign countries especially the Gulf countries.

In the last eight years the Hospital has successfully trained almost 2500 surgeons and gynecologists. "There is an opportunity to learn and do all practical laparoscopic surgeries by live exposure of laparoscopic procedures in operation theatre. The course is designed in such a way that at the end of this laparoscopic training course the trainees will be able to perform surgery on their patients individually," informs Dr RK Mishra, Training Head-Laparoscopy Hospital. The two courses offered by laparoscopy Hospital comprises of 'Diploma in Minimal Invasive Surgery' and 'Fellowship in Minimal Invasive Surgery'. The course duration for the diploma course is one month and the course fee is Rs1, 25,000 whereas the fellowship course is for a duration of 15 days and it costs Rs50, 000.

IT Intervention

The Hospital has adopted a Hospital Management Programme which covers a wide range of hospital administration and management processes. It is an integrated end-to-end system that provides relevant information across the Hospital to support effective decision making for patient care, hospital administration and critical financial accounting in a seamless flow. Data Management System is yet another application that the Hospital has which enables to manage data conveniently. It is a computer software designed for the purpose of managing database on the variety of data models. The Hospital has invested approximately Rs 5 lakh for the IT applications.

Boosting Medical Tourism

"Medical Tourism is surely getting a boost and the primary reason for this is our specialised team of laparoscopic surgeons and instruments," shares Dr Mishra. The costs of the surgeries are almost ten times lesser than the West. So far the Hospital has treated 50-60 patients in the course of past six years and these treatments are mainly include bariartic surgery, hernia surgery and infertility surgery.

Challenges

Creating awareness among the public is one of the challenges that the Hospital is facing. "There is a lack of awareness about this treatment among the common masses in India as a result of this we are approached by leprosy patients because the names 'leprosy' and 'laparoscopy' look identical," says Dr Mishra. For this the Hospital has been arranging awareness camps which take place at least once a month. It is a one day camp which is carried out in the regions of Delhi. Seminars on laparoscopic treatments are conducted through these camps. Banners, posters and advertisements in the regional newspapers are some of the other ways the Hospital has adopted to spread awareness about the laparoscopy. The other challenge is that India doesn't manufacture good quality laparoscopic instruments. "The laparoscopy instruments in our Hospital have been imported from Germany, so I feel it is high time that India should also foray in manufacturing high quality instruments suitable for laparoscopic treatments," opines Dr Mishra. As the Hospital has its speciality only in the areas of laparoscopic treatments there is a wide range of instruments which are available only here.

Investments to Expansions

The investment involved for the operational costs of the Hospital is approximately Rs 25 crore which is raised by the shareholders who are directors from private companies. The Hospital is soon to launch another 100 bed laparoscopy hospital in Delhi itself. "We are planning to launch laparoscopy mobile vans which would be equipped with the laparoscopy surgery facilities," says Dr Mishra. This van would be functional in the rural areas of the North India. The estimated cost for this initiative is Rs 1 crore. Initially for a period of three-four months the van would only provide facilities for laparoscopic sterilisation because female sterilisation is one of the major needs among the women in rural places especially in Northern India. Financially this project is supported by World Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons (WALS).

The Hospital is focused to set a standard in the stream of laparoscopy treatments and make its mark as one of the best and biggest Hospitals for laparoscopy.