Cost of Bypass Surgery in India

Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) is one among the most commonly performed bypass surgery throughout the world. A mantle of fear and lack of knowledge seems to cover the face of this life saving practice. Coronary arteries may affect by occlusive artherosclerotic disease, which is generally referred to as coronary artery disease. The deposition of the fatty substances on the wall of arteries results in narrowing of the wall. This resulting in the blockage of one or more of the coronary arteries may then decrease in the blood supply to region of the heart. Heart Bypass Surgery in India is now low cost and high in quality and is now within the reach of the common man. Heart surgery usually is used for patients suffering with severe heart valve problems, coronary artery disease, aneurysm or heart failure, wherein the heart cannot pump the blood sufficiently. This risk includes reaction to anesthesia, heart attack, stroke, blood loss, blood clots, infection, cognitive impairment and death.

Number of foreign patients in the hunt for quality medical treatments in India is increasing year on year by over 20%. This itself is proving to be the testimony towards the incredible medical facilities and services which are available in India and above all it prices about 10% the amount which would cost in advanced countries. In simple, if one has to compare the cost of bypass surgery in India in a general ward, the cost may vary in-between 150000 to 350000. And when the same is compared from hospitals for bypass surgery in India to other hospitals in advanced countries, it would cost around $20000. The proverb "First world medical treatment at third world prices" is the best defined one which proves the medical facilities and treatment in India.

Most of the surgeons in hospitals for bypass surgery in India are using the advanced operating apparatus to calm down portions of the heart and perform the bypass of the blocked artery in a highly forbidden operative environment. This new approach has been followed in the hospital in India from past 6 years. Initially, over 5000 cases has been done in this way and realized that the post operative recovery is smoother along with very few complications. Moreover improving the patient soothe by reducing the pain was one such concerns of a cardiac surgeon. And the procedure of minimum invasive is one of the ways wherein the surgeons aimed to achieve this. This minimally invasive bypass surgery is performed through a small incision wherein using of specialized surgical instruments. This incision is more comfortable and it is about 3 - 4 inches instead of the 6 - 8 inch incision which was required for traditional surgery. And the cost of bypass surgery in India has also been drastically come down with all the advanced techniques comparing the same comfort of worldwide hospitals.

Some paybacks of minimally invasive surgery include – smaller incision, smaller scar, reduced risk of infection, less pain, less bleeding and less pain and trauma, decreased length of stay in hospital and decreased recovery time. The normal recovery time after minimally invasive surgery is 2 - 4 weeks when comparing to the recovery time after traditional surgery was 6 - 8 weeks. This in turn making the low cost of bypass surgery in hospitals for bypass surgery in India is been attracted by many a foreign patients even.

Hospitals for bypass surgery in India in all the major cities like Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad are packed with all the world class facilities. Some of the top and best Hospitals for bypass surgery in India are –

-          Apollo Hospital, across India

-          Asian Heart Institute, Mumbai

-          Medanta - The Medicity, Delhi

-          Wockardt Hospital

-          Escort Heart Institute, New Delhi

-          Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bangalore

-          B.M. Birla Heart Research Center, Kolkata

-          Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Kerala

-          AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), New Delhi

-          Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi

-          Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center, Delhi

-          Madras Medical Mission, Chennai