Medical Tourism in covid pandemic: Australian travels to Ludhiana for kidney cancer surgery
Aykai Hospital imparts world class laparoscopic treatment to an NRI patient of renal cancer from Australia
cityairnews
Dec 17, 2020 02:53
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Ludhiana: The Covid-19 pandemic has been impacting our planet in an unprecedented way. Health care systems in several countries have collapsed in the face of a highly transmissible virus, potentially lethal and still poorly understood.
In Urology, surgeries including cancer have been postponed thereby forcing patients to travel to home countries.
A thousand miles, covid restrictions, stringent travel regulations and uncertainty lurking globally due to the Pandemic. But none of this was able to deter this 19- year-old Punjabi NRI girl settled in Australia from transcending all barriers to reach the destination that every Punjabi considers synonymous with Kidney problems, that is Aykai Multispecialty Hospital, Ludhiana that provides a one-stop-solution to all Renal Diseases such as renal stones, acute and chronic renal failure and transplants.
She was operated upon by renowned urologist and Transplant Surgeon of Aykai Hospital Dr Baldev Singh Aulakh. Dr Aulakh decided to do minimal invasive surgery (laparoscopically) . It was a complexed surgery involving removal of the cancer while saving the remaining healthy kidney. Dr Aulakh performed the procedure with utmost ease and skill with state-of-the-art technology, using keyhole approach (laparoscopically), miniature camera and fine equipment with a highly meticulous technique. The patient recovered fully and was sent home after 3 days of surgery.
She is back to her normal life and can carry out her daily activities. Quality of life improved tremendously. There are many such instances where Dr. Aulakh has brought smiles to patients in India and from overseas
kidney cancer is among the 10 most common cancers, affecting 1 in 48 men and 1 in 83 women. Such a large population will get much benefit and early return to work if treated laparoscopically, said Dr Aulakh. Recently kidney cancer is increasing in number because of obesity, high blood pressure and tobacco, informed Dr Aulakh.
