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Department of Orthopaedics, KEM Hospital
The Department of Orthopaedics caters to about 300 outpatients daily and
has an indoor bed strength of 280. This makes it the single largest department
in the hospital, and the largest orthopaedic department in the country.
Set up in 1942 as the first dedicated Department of Orthopaedics in India,
the orthopaedic services offered by KEM hospital are regarded as the best
available in India.
Manned by an efficient staff, many of whom have obtained further training
at some of the finest institutions in the world, the department has earned
itself laurels in both the national and international arena. The department
regularly produces merit holders at both national and international examinations
and is the "Mecca" for orthopaedic postgraduate training
Advanced surgical procedures such as spinal surgery, arthroplasty, operative
arthroscopy and sports medicine, limb lengthening, complex trauma surgery
and paediatric orthopaedics are performed regularlydvanced surgical procedures
such as limb lengthening, spinal surgeries, trauma surgery and joint replacement
are performed regularly.