Seven treated at Indian achiever hospital |09 August 2004

"They were very satisfied, and the only complaint they had was with the food which they said was too spicy," chairman C.N. Ramdas of the GNG Group which runs the Miot Hospital said here on Friday.

He said that the institute also specialises in computer-navigated knee replacement surgery, carried out only in U.S., Switzerland and India.

He said that despite sporting state-of-the-art equipment and offering some of the best services in the world, the centre's charges are quite affordable and lower than those offered by other hospitals in the region.

Mr Ramdas, who visited Seychelles and Mauritius with the aim of marketing the centre, said that the computer-aided techniques are themselves cheaper than traditional operations.

"The beating heart surgery allows an up to 30 percent saving compared with the traditional bypass heart surgery," he said, adding that during the technique, no blood transfusion is necessary.

"Patients stay in the intensive care unit and indeed in the hospital for a very short duration," the administrator, who was accompanied by the organisation's vice-president for corporate relations, Mr Paul Robin, said.

He said that the procedure also allows for reduced chances of infection and faster rates of recovery.

He said the 265 bed Miot receives patients from 24 countries around the world.

Messrs Ramdas and Robin held talks with Victoria Hospital administrators on Friday before the interview with Nation.