Indian Orthopedic Association (IOA) is under preparation to create a world record of more than fifty thousand operations from August 3 to 5; most important thing is all these operations are free of cost. Anesthesiologists have given their concern to give free service on the occasion of Bone and Joint Day. It is informed that till date no one has achieved the target of fifty thousand orthopedic operations, and if it happens in Gwalior then it will be record in the Guinness book of world record.
IOA has declared to provide big relief to the patients on the occasion mega operation under the Born and Joint Day. All the expenses related to medicine, implant and hospital will be borne by the IOA. This will help the patients as they have to admit and up to the discharge they should not expense single penny.
According to the IOA President Dr Sameer Gupta said these type of operations conducted in Government hospitals only for the Below Poverty line families (BPl) but there were so many poor families those who don’t have BPl card and they didn’t avail this facility. So, this is the mega event and those poor families who don’t have BPl card they can avail the operation facility on Born and Joint Day.
Representative of Madhya Pradesh Orthopedic Association Dr RKS Dhakad said that in all over the country from 3rd to 5th August Orthopedic surgeons will conduct operation which would be free of cost on the occasion of Born and Joint Day.
Our target is to operate more than 50thousand patients within three days of this mega event. If we achieve our target then this would be the step towards Guinness book record. Needy patients can avail this opportunity and benefited themselves on this occasion.