Walk on joint pains awareness held by Universal Hospital

Rajamahendravaram: Universal Hospital management conducted a marathon walk here on Wednesday, to bring awareness on joint pains and also to remove apprehensions among the people.

Participating in the programme, Universal Hospital chief Dr Arumilli Rajendra Babu said the hospital so far performed about 220 joint replacement surgeries through computer navigation system in twin Godavari districts and the hospital was the only one having the necessary equipment. 

The patient can walk freely after four days after surgery and need not stay in the hospital as inpatient.

Computer navigation system is the latest method in the surgery and doctors in foreign countries are using the system which is getting tremendous response, he added.

Noted doctor Karri Rama Reddy said many advanced technologies were coming in the medical field and because of this the surgery costs are also coming down.

Dr Vara Prasad, Phani Nageswara Rao and many others were present.