Kauvery Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital in Chennai, India, has advanced its healthcare services to senior citizens with the launch of an orthogeriatrics department to provide holistic orthopaedic care.
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Claimed to be the first of its kind in India, the department merges the specialities of orthopaedic and geriatrics in order to offer a comprehensive care with good infrastructure and amenities that are patient-friendly, reported The New Indian Express.
The orthogeriatrics facility, which is spread over 12,000ft², features 15 inpatient beds for exclusive care. The facility has amenities for physiotherapy and rehabilitation, as well as advanced medical equipment such as dexa scan.
The hospital claims to have a team of physicians, nurses and physiotherapists, who specialise in geriatric care. The department is headed by orthogeriatrician Dr Aravindan Selvaraj.
Dr Selvaraj was quoted by the publication saying: "The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in its study jointly brought out with Help Age International, points that the number of people in the 60+ age group will increase from the current 100 million to 323 million by 2050, constituting 20%of India’s total population by then.
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By GlobalData"It further predicts the number of people over 80 to increase seven fold. It is also of concern that the study discloses, that around one-fifth of the elderly live alone or only with spouses in both rural and urban areas.
"These findings underline the fact that with a growing elderly population in the country, there is a need to strengthen geriatric care services so that the increasing healthcare demands of the elderly can be met."
