Four hip replacement surgeries at OGH under govt schemes

The surgeries cost ₹25 lakh to ₹35 lakh at corporate hospitals

Doctors at Osmania General Hospital (OGH) have started performing total hip replacement surgeries under Aarogyasri Health Scheme and Ayushman Bharat scheme. People can undergo knee and shoulder replacement surgeries too, under the schemes at the State-run hospital. The surgeries cost ₹2.5 lakh to ₹3.5 lakh at corporate hospitals.

Four patients have undergone the procedures free of cost. They were suffering from severe pain for the past several years and could not afford surgery at private hospitals.

Professor and head of the orthopaedics department at OGH, G. Ramesh said surgeries under the two schemes were performed this month. All four patients were in need of hip replacement. “Their condition has improved. They were discharged a few days ago,” said Dr. Ramesh. Also part of the surgery team were doctors Y. Thimma Reddy and A. Krishna Reddy.