| L-R: Naresh Shetty and Anand Shirur |
ConvaTec has announced the launch of ‘Advanced Wound Clinic and Limb Salvage Centre’ in association with M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital at MSR Nagar, Bengaluru.
The clinic reportedly has state-of-art technologies essential for prevention and healing of chronic foot ulcers and is aimed at maintaining higher limb salvage rate comparable to the leading centres in the world, with facilities for assessing peripheral circulation and predicting wound healing.
While inaugurating the wound clinic, Naresh Shetty, President of M.S. Ramaiah Memorial Hospital said, “Our initiative with ConvaTec would be one of a kind venture that would create a speciality clinic focusing on wound management in the country.”
Anand Shirur, MD, ConvaTec India & China said, “Through the ‘Advanced Wound Clinic’ we aim to bring the best facilities and wound management technology to patients. I am quite certain that it would change the way foot ulcers are perceived and treated in India.”
Shirur further elaborated, “An upsurge in incidences of limb associated complications necessitates the requirement for wound management and centres. This initiative will enable us to expand footprint for the benefit of the people across the country and fulfill the tenets of care required for foot diseases.”
EH News Bureau