Unicondylar
Arthroplasty : A New Technique of Surgery For Knee Joint
The joint replacement
surgery unit (JRSU) at the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad, India has
introduced Unicondylar Arthroplasty a new technique of surgery
which requires changing of only a part of knee joint for early
osteoarthrits knee.
Compared to the total
knee replacement (TKR), the new technology is not only less time
consuming but also less invasive than conventional TKR. This
technique provides better and faster relief and patient is able to
walk on the third postoperative day itself. The surgery not
only prevents further progression of deformity but also eases future
revision to total knee.
To get the better
results at the JRSU, the anaesthetists, physiotherapy and nursing
staff have been specially trained for preoperative and postoperative
care of these patients.
Over 2,000
arthroplasty surgeries including 1,200 hips and 800 knees besides
many shoulder and elbow replacement surgeries have been done during
the last decade.
[Ref: Economic
Times, 10/04/2003]
Ultrasound
/ Imaging Machine / Scanner : Important Amendment To The Pre-Natal
Diagnostic Techniques
The
amendments to the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and
Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 and Rules thereunder have since come
into force with effect from 14th February, 2003.
Accordingly,
no person including manufacturer, importer, dealer or supplier of
Ultrasound Machines / Imaging Machines, Scanner or any other
equipment, capable of detecting sex of foetus as also no
organization, including a commercial organization should -
Sell
* distribute * supply * rent * allow or authorize the use of such
machines or equipment, whether on payment or otherwise to any
Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory, Genetic Clinic,
Ultrasound Clinic, Imaging Centre or any other body or person NOT
registered under the Act (Section 3B read with Rule 3A).
The
provider of such machine / equipment to any person/body registered
under the Act has to :
-
Send
to Appropriate Authority of the concerened State / UT and to the
Central Government, once in three months, a list of those to
whom the machine / equipment has been provided; and
-
Take
an affidavit from such body or person purchasing or getting
authorization for using such machine / equipment that the
machine / equipment shall not be used for detection of sex of
the foetus.
[Ref: Economic Times, 27/05/2003]
Health
Insurance Services : Third Party Administrators And IRDA
Third
Party Administrators (TPAs), which offer health insurance services,
have failed to meet the expectations of Insurance Regulatory and
Department Authority (IRDA). Absence of uniformity in rates
among hospitals and diagnostic centers, which are largely in the
hands of private entrepreneurs, is one of the main reasons being
cited by IRDA. The TPAs could not meet our expectations
largely on account of non-uniformity in the rates among the
hospitals, N Rangachary, chairman, IRDA, told ET.IRDA has also
formed an internal committee to decide on the format in which TPAs
should submit periodical reports, he said. IRDA gave licenses
to 23 TPAs country-wide.
[Ref: Economic Times, 30/05/2003]
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