Global Hospitals to set up sports medicine centres

 Global Hospitals Group on Friday announced that it would set up advanced sports medicine centres at a cost of about Rs 20 crore across the country, including one in Bengaluru. These centres would exclusively cater to the needs of sports persons.

V Bhaskar Reddy, Vice President, Global Health City, told Deccan Herald that the state-of-the-art sports medicine centres, which will provide services for sports injuries, will have a team of orthopedic doctors who are specialised in sports and medicine.

“In addition to this, rehabilitation specialists will also be available round the clock,” he added.
Stating that each sports clinic will be built at a cost of about Rs 2 crore, Reddy said, “The centres will be equipped with a high-tech operation theatre besides a stems cell lab.”

He said the centre will be adopting the latest technologies like platelet-rich plasma therapy.
“Emergency medical teams at the centres will also extend emergency services care to the sports persons in the stadium during matches,” Reddy said, adding, the clinic will be initially opened in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

With the leading Indian Super League team, Chennaiyin FC, already associated with Global Health City for a medical partnership for the second edition, the Group is in the process of roping in a couple of Pro Kabaddi teams into its net.

“We are in talks with Pro Kabaddi teams, and soon we will tie-up with them too,” Reddy said, after unveiling the Chennai sports medical centre.

According to Reddy, the Group has slated various outreach programmes for the benefit of sports individuals in schools, colleges and organisations across various states.
DH News Service