What is Total Hip Replacement?
When the hip joint is diseased with arthritis or osteonecrosis; or damaged due to injury/accident, total hip replacement surgery may be opted to relieve pain, improve the function of the hip joint and increase mobility.
During the procedure, the surgeon makes an incision over the side of the thigh and removes the diseased or damaged bone and cartilage from the hip joint.
The natural and damaged hip joint is completely removed in this procedure. Next, the surgeon replaces the head of the femur and acetabulum with new, artificial parts.
Why to have the procedure in India?
India is known to be the best place for Orthopedic surgeries. All the top multi-specialty hospitals in India have the capability to perform this procedure.
The success rate of the procedure is around 90%. Secondly, this procedure in India costs about 10-20% of the cost in a developed economy.
What is the cost of the procedure in India and how long is the stay ?
Total Hip Replacement – Unilateral or Single costs about $6,500 in top hospitals in India and starts at around $5,500 in other good hospitals.
It costs about $12,500 for bilateral or double total hip replacement surgery at top hospitals in India. Depending on condition, patient spends around 4-6 days in the hospital and approximately 10-12 days outside hospital in India for healing and getting ready to fly back to their country.
The overall stay in India would be around 14-18 days. The overall estimate for the stay with treatment, accommodation, food etc. can be found here.
How will Global Medicure help you ?
We provide a comprehensive website platform, a one stop solution, for patients & their family/friends to research about the treatment procedures, their estimates, best hospitals & best doctors in India.
The website users can enquire about treatment, manage their profile & medical records, book online video/audio appointments with doctors, compare & choose from multiple treatment quotes, manage services they require from us, manage post treatment remote appointments and refer & earn.
We are side by side the patient right from the first contact through website or phone until the patient reaches back to his country after treatment and post treatment follow ups.
Our services include the following-
- Detailed evaluation of patients’ case from multiple specialist Doctors;
- Providing quotes from multiple hospitals & help select best possible doctor/hospital;
- Medical Visa & Flight ticket Assistance, Priority admission to hospital & appointment with chosen doctor;
- 24/7 Local Assistance in India with services like daily follow ups, local SIM, currency exchange, language Interpreter, accommodation and Local travel & food;
- Assistance in resolving issues with the hospital bill in case of issues;
- Post-treatment rehab/ physiotherapy;
- Assistance in domestic sightseeing and planning and
- Post treatment follow-ups with doctor
How much global medicure charge for its services ?
We do not charge anything for our assistance and services to the patient. The hospital where the patient undergoes the treatment pay us from their sales and marketing budget.
If hospitals pay global medicure, does patient bill increase to accommodate global medicure payment ?
The patient’s hospital bill does not increase. The hospital will give the patient the same quote in case patient approaches the hospital without any medical tourism facilitator like GlobalMediCure.
This is because of the fact that all hospitals have sales and marketing budget for international and domestic patients which is intrinsically a part of the hospital quote/bill.
Global medicure will act as your advocate in a foreign country at every step of your cure process.