National Hospital

Details

Name :

National Hospital

Address  :

Matruashish,1st Floor
Next To Madhav Hall
Borivali(E)

Town  :

Mumbai

State  :

Maharashtra

Country  :

INDIA

Post Code:

400066

Phone  :

(022)28610098/28076241

Fax  :

022 28610098

Web URL  :

National Hospital
Specialization
  • Anaesthesiology
  • Daibetes, Endocrinology
  • ENT
  • Gynaecology
  • Neuro Surgeon
  • Orthopedics
  • Plastic Surgery
  • Psychiatrist
  • Urology
  • Video Laproscopic Surgery
Facilities

Speciality Type :

  • Single Speciality : Centre of obesity & Metabolic Surgery

Other Facilities

  • Pathology
  • X-Ray
  • Ultrasonography

Description

MORBID OBESITY is a chronic lifelong disease of excess fat storage This entity has assumed panendemic proportions today It is no longer a cosmetic problem This sudden rise in the prevalence of the disease is due to multitude of complex genetic and environmental factors

There are 400 million obese patients in the world India is gradually catching up with the rest of world Obesity is assessed by various calculations eg Waist circumference BMI total body fat percentage of body fat skin fold thickness etc Most commonly used parameter is BMIBODY MASS INDEX BMI is a strong predictor of overall mortality as well as directly associated with presence of comorbidities It is not operator or technique dependant Hence reproducible Each 5kgm2 higher BMI on average associated with about 30 higher overall mortality

COMS Centre of obesity amp Metabolic Surgery deals with problems faced by morbidly obese patients We are a team of well trained Laparoscopic surgeons Nutritionist Intensivists psychiatrist amp endocrinologists amp anesthetists
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