Fortis Lisa Ray “Spirit of Life award”

In a unique event organized by Fortis Cancer Institute, International star and cancer conqueror Lisa Ray today honoured Dr Mary Francis with “Fortis Spirit of Life Award” for her courages battle against breast cancer. This initiative translates Fortis’ commitment...

An Unusual Case of Memory Decline

New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD) is an acquired prion disease causally related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy that has occurred predominantly in young adults. All clinical cases studied have been methionine homozygotes at codon 129 of the prion protein gene...

Go under the knife to lose weight and cure diabetes

The best management of type 2 diabetes in obese people is not elusive anymore. Doctors in the city have successfully treated diabetes in obese individuals by wielding their scalpel and removing excess fat of the patients.Sixty-five-year-old Vijayalakshmi was suffering from...

7th Time Hip Replacement on a Iraqi Patient at Fortis Hospital

Setting yet another milestone in orthopedic surgery, Dr Sachin Bhonsle at Fortis Hospital Mulund performed a complicated hip replacement revision surgery on a 52 year old Iraqi lady who had undergone 6 failed hip surgeries before. Dr Sachin Bhonsle, Consultant Orthopedic...

Fortis Hospitals: A Hug Can Save Your Baby

Human Incubator Kangaroo care is a cost-effective concept that helps nurture premature infants to health         These days, the most important part of Nilima Gimbhal’s daily routine is to wrap her month-old baby boy in a cloth bag...

Fortis Hospitals: Treatment and Management Center for Headache

“Headache is one of the most common problems in a person’s life but is often neglected. Patients take to self medication, which increases the problem manifolds. And the damage caused by repeated use of pain killers can lead to problems like gastric ulcers, to life...

Liver care tips for a healthy Liver

Obesity now seems to be the main trigger factor for liver diseases, as doctors in the city say that with a sedentary lifestyle obesity is on the rise and that is the main cause of liver disease.With liver transplants bringing in a bill of between Rs. 12 to Rs. 30 lakh, on...

Fortis Hospitals Kolkata Launches Information Centre in Asansol

Fortis Hospitals Ltd– India’s leading super specialty healthcare group launches today its first Information Centre in Asansol.The hospital chain which has a network of 55 hospitals across the country and now all set to extend its super specialty services to the people of...

"Latest Technology in Knee Replacement Surgery"

Mr. Hsieh Wei Tang, a 60-year-old business man running a Chinese restaurant in Kolkata, was diagnosed with osteoarthritis of right knee after pre-operative evaluation at Fortis Hospitals. He had severe knee pain and could not climb stairs without support. As his knee was...

First virtual knee surgery in Mumbai

This may seem like something out of a movie, but virtual surgery has just made a mark in Mumbai. 61-year-old Neena Aggarwal is patient who has started walking – after a decade- thanks to this latest advancement. Neena suffered with severe osteoarthritis which resulted in...

Straight From the Heart ! Experience at Fortis Hospitals, Kolkata

This is a ” Patient Feedback ” which we have received from ” Fortis Hospitals , Kolkata, Anandapur branch which was started last year end in November. At Fortis we always try our best to make sure ” all Patients get back to their lives as fast as we can. At times we...