Dear All,
Has anybody of you heard of Dr. Bala in Coimbatore, India? I am planning to see him for BHR surgery and was looking for some positive confirmation regarding this idea.
Grateful for reactions,
Jaap
Hi Jaap
Thank You for writing to me. I can understand why you are frustrated. I traveled from the US to Belgium to Dr. De Smet to have my hip resurfaced. I did not have health insurance and could not afford surgery in the US. Dr. De Smet is a great surgeon and has done over 2400 hip reusrfacings.
I have also heard about Dr. Bala ( Dr. BALASUBRAMANIAN ) I have stories from 5 of his patients on this page http://www.surfacehippy.info/hipstories.php (http://www.surfacehippy.info/hipstories.php) about 2/3 of the way down the page. The people that have used him really like him.
I also have a handful of internet friends that went to Dr. Bose. He is very well known on the Yahoo Surface Hippy Group of over 6000+ people. He is probably a little more expensive than Dr. Bala.
Dr. Vijay C. Bose
1000 Hip Resurfacings to date ***
BHR Regional centre - India
Apollo Speciality Hospital, 320, Mount Road, Chennai - 600035. INDIA
E-Mail: bose5vijay@hotmail.com
Telephone: 0091-44-(0) 98400 - 32251
Hip Resurfacing India Websitehttp://www.hipresurfacingindia.com/ (http://www.hipresurfacingindia.com/)
You are still very young at 46 and should try to have a hip resurfacing instead of a THR. Let me know if I can answer any other questions for you.
Pat