Dr. Purshotam Lal has agreed to assist patients traveling through hospitals of India team.

"Hospitals of India" team to announce that the most renowned cardiologist in India, 4 times presidential award winner, Dr. Purshotam Lal has agreed to assist patients traveling through hospitals of India team.

Doctor Lal who is famous for his achievements in the field of Cardiology and for his Low Cost Procedures has offered to the patients cardiac procedure starting at USD 5000.

A brief summary about Dr. Lal and his team-

Major Achievements :

· Performing the largest number of angioplasties/stenting as a single operator in the world.

· Introduced the Largest number of procedures for the first time in the country such as Rotational Angioplasty, Diamond Drilling, Heart Hole Closure, Stenting etc.

· Played a major role in the clinical development of Monodisc Device and Performed the first case of Heart Hole (ASD) Closure on 20 year old, in Sept. 1992, it being the 1st case of the World.

· Performed the first case of Aortic Valve Replacement with Core Valve, without surgery on July 12, 2004 at Metro Heart Institute, Noida on Mr. G. P. Ojha 68 Years old, it being the 1st case of the World.

· Developed his own technique of Left Atrio Femoral bypass support (Partial Artificial Heart) for high risk Interventional Procedures and performed the 1st case in high risk Aortic Valvuloplasty in July, 1990 for the 1st time in the Medical Literature.

· Developed his own technique of opening tight heart valve (Mitral Valvuloplasty) under ECHO guidance only, without Cathla and performed the 1st case in 1995.

· Introduced INOUE Balloon, the most popular balloon for opening tight valve, for the 1st time in the country & was designated as 1st Investigator in India by the Toray Co. Japan

· Developed a new concept of METRO CORONARY SCREENING for the patients who have been having phobia of conventional coronary angiography. It consists of coronary angiography through the elbow, echo and blood studies. It takes 5 minutes and patient goes home within 1 hour. Performed more than 9000 cases with 100% success, the largest series in the world.

· Performed more than 20 cases of VSD closure after the heart attack being the single largest series in the world.

Yesterday, one of my friends working for an newly constructed hospital in NCR called me up to ask, if I can provide him with few contacts in US to start Medical Tourism for his hospital (I prefer calling it International Business). He was newly appointed from a non ‘ International Business Background’ although from within the industry. The hospital he works for is a better looking hospital, with good doctors and has potential of becoming a good destination for international patients. He kept a steep target for himself and wanted to jump start his business.

I gave him the contacts I had and wondered later, why do people think of only U.S., whenever the word Medical Tourism crops up? Going around the hospitals in India which have established themselves in this space, one can see atleast 6 times more patients from Africa and Middle East than from the western world.