City gets new Ortho, Neuro Institute

CHENNAI:  Depuy Institute for Advanced Education and Research in Orthopaedic and Neurological Care was inaugurated by the State Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Dr VS Vijay at Mahindra World City, near Chennai on Wednesday.“Being an orthopaedic surgeon, I have always felt that there is a shortage of well-trained professionals in India, I am very proud that Tamil Nadu has today added one more landmark to the health map of India,” the minister lauded. The facility deals with everything from non-surgical early intervention to complex surgery in orthopaedics, spinal care, sports medicine, soft tissue repair and trauma and neuro-sciences.The brainchild of this facility is DePuy, belonging to Johnson & Johnson, one of the leaders in orthopaedic and neuroscience devices.Vijay also pointed out the importance of government-industry interface. “If the government-run educational institutions have the reach, the industry has the resources,” he said. The need of the hour, said the minister was to bring both together and deliver quality health care to the people. The first program at the institute will be a course on Arthroplasty Essentials on July 30, accredited the TamilNadu Dr MGR Medical University.  The institute plans to have 100 programs in the inaugural year.  The 30,000-sq-feet facility has a 100-seat auditorium, multiple classrooms, and a multi-station skills lab.Micheal del Prado, group chairman, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Asia Pacific said, “This institute will help expand the pool of trained surgeons to meet the needs of thousands of patients in India.” Gray Fischhetti, group chairman, DePuy Franchise said, “I am sure the institute will remove the knowledge barriers and will make quality health care more accessible.”