Chennai: Chennai's only multi-speciality facility, Kauvery Hospital, has extended its healthcare services to senior citizens by launching the first-of-its kind orthogeriatrics department for comprehensive orthopaedic care.
The dedicated department combines the medical specialties of orthopedic and geriatrics to provide holistic care with top-of-the-line infrastructure and patient-friendly amenities.
The 12,000 square feet orthogeriatrics facility houses 15 exclusive in-patient beds, senior-friendly amenities for physiotherapy and rehabilitation apart from advanced medical equipments and devices such as Dexa Scan and an expert team of geriatric physicians, geriatric nurses, geriatric physiotherapists and other health care professionals for providing world class care to the senior citizens.
Dr Aravindan Selvaraj, a renowned orthogeriatrician with immense expertise in the field heads the department.
On the importance of comprehensive geriatric care, Dr Selvaraj said, "The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in its study jointly brought out with Help Age International, points that the number of people in the 60+ age group will increase from the current 100 million to 323 million by 2050, constituting 20 percent of India's total population by then."
"It further predicts the number of people over 80s to increase seven fold. It is also of concern that the study discloses, that around one-fifth of the elderly live alone or only with spouses in both rural and urban areas. These findings underline the fact that with a growing elderly population in the country, there is a need to strengthen geriatric care services so that the increasing health care demands of the elderly can be met," he added.
