Traditional Hip Joint Replacement / Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Patient Testimonials:

Mr. Frederick Stebbing (British Patient on his Birmingham Hip Resurfacing surgery, cataract surgery and his wife's Lasik surgery in India) @ Jaslok Hospital

India doesn't export its best doctors !
Early this year I was diagnosed as needing a hip replacement for my left hip.

Aged 71, we had cancelled our private Health Insurance partly due to the high cost for me and my wife (aged 72) but mainly because, as a Type 2 Diabetic, about the only things I would have been covered for were Hip and knee replacements and Cancer.

The following options were available:

1. Waiting possibly until January 2006 for an NHS operation with the risk of MRSA.
2. Private Treatment at a local Hospital which I calculated would have cost circa £17,500 (having already paid £1,400 for X-rays and MRI Scan and consultation with the Surgeon). I was booked to have my hip replacement on the 4th April 2005 but suffered a mild Heart Attack on Easter Sunday the 27th March, as a result of which I came out of Kingston Hospital within 3 days and checked myself into the local private hospital for an angiogram (quoted at circa £1,000 including one night in hospital) followed by an Angioplasty the following day (quoted at circa £3,000 by the Consultant) and charged at over £6,000 by the hospital, with whom I am now in dispute. Including the Doctors Fees, etc the total cost for 2 nights in the private hospital was £10,500. I rebelled at this and sought an alternative venue for my hip operation.
3.This resulted in finding The Horder Centre in Crowborough, East Sussex where I was quoted just under £9,000 and I arranged for the 26th July, as I had to wait as least 3 months because of the Heart Attack. The Horder Centre is a dedicated centre for Arthritis and hip and knee replacements, but does not have full emergency operating facilities, in case I had had another Heart Attack whilst under general aesthetic.

On the 25th June there was an article in the Mail concerning a British Businessman who was quoted a 17 month wait for back surgery and who had decided to go to India which was going to cost including first class air fares under £9,000.

I immediately followed this up on searching medical tours in India Web Site and ended up with Mediescapes India in New Delhi, India and their medical services in India website www.mediescapes.com, who after seeing my sent X-rays and MRI Scan sent by DHL recommended that I have my Hip Replacement at Mumbai (formerly Bombay) with Dr Ameet Pispati in the Jaslok Hospital at a cost of £5,511 including 14 nights in hospital because of appointment dates issues. This was accepted by us as my wife was travelling with me and she had also decided to have both eyes treated with Lasik surgery, at a cost of £834 by Mediescapes India. We traveled to Mumbai and back, First Class, with Etihad Airways, the official UAE Airline with whom I had traveled before, with a stop over at their hub in Abu Dhabi for circa £1,800 each.

We were met at Mumbai Airport on the 25th July ’05 by Mediescapes India International Patient Cell Representative and transported in an air conditioned Limo to the Hospital, where we were installed in a suite room, with a separate couch -cum - bed for my wife on the 16th Floor of the Jaslok Hospital overlooking the Mumbai sea.

From that moment we were treated with the utmost care and attention and immediately visited by Dr. Ameet Pispati who is a young Doctor with impressive qualifications including being a member of the FRCS (Ortho) UK, and who had studied and trained in the UK at Southampton and Birmingham (with Dr. Derek McMinn who was the first to fit the metal on metal “Birmingham Hip”).

Indeed, although all three Surgeons I consulted in the UK would not recommend a Birmingham Hip for me because of my age, Dr. Pispati advised that he had fitted them up to age 73 and subject to seeing me was advising a Birmingham Hip as it would give me greater mobility and 25 years before any further treatment was likely.

On the 28th July I had my Birmingham Hip fitted with an epidural (my choice) and the following week I had a cataract removed in my right eye and a new lens fitted, in the same hospital, whilst my wife had her Lasik Treatment (advance Wavefront technology) on the 29th July.

The total cost including everything and 5 nights in the five star, Taj Lands End hotel, booked by Mediescapes India and some extra Physiotherapy came to circa £13,000 and both my wife and I (who now reads without glasses and apparently I have 20/20 long vision and drive without glasses) need only small magnification for reading and computer work, and I am already walking, without much assistance from a stick.

We are very pleased with the whole trip and would not hesitate to recommend Dr. Ameet Pispati and Mediescapes India.
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Mrs. Kathryn R. Ely. (American Patient for her Bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing surgery in India) @ Jaslok Hospital

I would just like to thank Mediescapes India and Dr. Ameet Pispati at Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai for making my bilateral hip resurfacing procedure a successful one.

From when I arrived at the airport to leaving 23 days later, I never had one complaint. The surgeon was reassuring and looked after me well. From the best of the staff, from the top nurses all the way down to the guys who cleaned the room it was all done well and me feel comfortable. The food was very good and I had no complaints there either. I choose to fist visit the Taj Mahal after landing in India and then going in for by bilateral Birmingham Hip Resurfacing surgeries !

If anyone in the USA was thinking of having surgery in India and was worried or apprehensive about it, don’t be. You will be looked after very well. I must say a special thank you to the administration staff at Mediescapes India, all helped me with my needs on a daily basis.
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Mr. Duval (American patient on his Birmingham Hip Resurfacing Joint treatment in India) @ Wockhardt Hospitals

After having been diagnosed with Osteo- arthritis in my left hip 2 years ago we began to look at the inevitable solution which would be surgery. The Wockhardt Group came to our notice after seeing an article about Mediescapes India in Strategic Health Care Marketing Journal published from Rye, NY on 'Medical Tourism' in India. This lead to look at the their website and after reading the details of Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai and the orthopaedic team led by Dr. Malhan, we decided to make enquiries.

From that point the whole experience has been one of total professionalism at all levels. The International Marketing cell of Mediescapes India answered all questions both medical and personal promptly and precisely. We were picked up at the airport in the dead of night and whisked (if that is the right word for Mumbai's roads) away to the hospital. There was a brief administrative procedure to complete and then upto the room. The rest of next day was taken up by medical checks, x-rays etc. and a visit from the surgeon Dr. Malhan and his team.

The Birmingham Hip Resurfacing operation was carried out on subsequent day and after only 2 days I began physiotherapy treatment with Dr. Ritu all throughout the nursing care has been faultless led by the sister incharge Gayathri. We received regular visits by other members of the medical team as well as the Head of Nursing on her rounds. Mediescapes Mumbai representative also made regular get well calls to ask about my progress. The support services of housekeeping, maintenance and catering were all first class providing a total service that would be difficult to match.

In conclusion, I have no hesitation in recommending to anyone considering hip surgery, the services of Mediescapes India and Wockhardt Hospital and would encourage you to make the decision and place yourself in the expert hands of this world class medical tourism team.
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Mr. John Wilkinson (Canadian patient on Hip Joint replacement surgery in India)

"...We are pleased with the medical care and facilities. The Doctors took time to address our questions, and reassure us in the progress we made. The nursing sisters were a delight and managed their wards efficiently. They are professional and caring. The Housekeeping staff were ever so kind to look after needs.

Catering – Dietitian and servers tried very hard to provide our meals..."
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Mr. Nasser Al Shioani (Patient from Oman on his Joint replacement surgery in India) @ MIOT Hospitals

Many Thanks to Miot Hospital

I wish you all the best in this season of peace, joy and happiness and also the best for the coming year, I am very happy after receiving medical treatment from you.

I can walk now and I am looking forward to be more active in school taking part in recreational activities.

When I see you next I want more encouragement from you.

Thanks to all the other Doctors who supported me with treatment and May God give all of you more strength and wisdom to treat little guys like me and make them feel good and normal.
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Dr Jorge Caravitta (Patient from Argentina on his Hip Joint replacement surgery in India)

"...I came here with severe back pain and I could not walk, but just 36 hours after surgery I am back on my feet - no pain at all and am feeling exhilarated and happy. I would like to heartily thank all the staff as well as the team of doctors for their support during my stay here."
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Mr. Frank Engene Omstead (American Patient on his hip joint Resurfacing in India) @ Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

The Mediescapes India website has been very informative and appealing to our needs. All emails messages with Mediescapes was promptly replied back to us, well explained each steps as how to go about with my joint replacement procedure in India including recuperative travel arrangements done by them. Dr. Suryanarayan and his team at Apollo Hospital, Chennai were superb. All details that I asked to my Indian orthopaedic surgeon pre and post my resurfacing surgery were explained with utmost attention. I would highly recommend Mediescapes India and my case surgeon to the highest degree to fellow patients wishing to come to India for their respective treatments.

My personal apprehension at the onset of considering hip resurfacing procedure, hospital stay, recuperation holidays at Fisherman's Cove Beach Resort and other travel arrangements were completely unfounded ! The people of India, we have found to be very caring and cordial and always smiling lot ! Wishing you very best and please don't hesitate to refer our email ID to your American patients and if we can help you get more patients to India as part of your company's medical trip packaging do get in touch with us anytime as we found you to be too professional with details !.