{"id":766,"date":"2012-06-27T06:44:29","date_gmt":"2012-06-27T06:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theinformedpatient.in\/kem\/?page_id=766"},"modified":"2023-08-08T09:57:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T04:27:51","slug":"department-of-orthopaedics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kem.edu\/gsmckemh\/department-of-orthopaedics\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Orthopaedics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Department of Orthopaedics, KEM Hospital<\/h2>\n
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Background History<\/h3>\n

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The Department of Orthopaedics caters to about 400 outpatients daily and has an indoor bed strength of 280. This makes it the single largest department in the hospital, and the largest orthopedic department in the country.<\/p>\n

Set up in 1942 as the first dedicated Department of Orthopaedics in India, the services offered are regarded as one of the best in the country.<\/p>\n

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 orthopedic postgraduate training<\/p>\n

Advanced surgical procedures such as spinal surgery, arthroplasty, arthroscopy and sports medicine, limb lengthening, complex trauma surgery and pediatric orthopaedics are performed regularly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Staff<\/h3>\n