Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 31: Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai today announced the launch of a comprehensive Obesity and Bariatric Surgery programme led by one of Europe’s renowned Obesity, Metabolic and Bariatric surgeon, Dr Vigyan Jain, along with Internal Medicine Consultant, Dr Sanjay Khare.
The programme would take a one-of-its-kind approach in redefining obesity care and would be supported by a team of clinical nutritionists, physiotherapists and psychologists.
Elaborating on bariatric surgery, Dr. Vigyan Jain, Consultant, Obesity and Bariatric Surgeon, Apollo Hospitals Navi Maumbai said, “Bariatric surgery can give magical results. Bariatric surgery works on the concept of causing weight loss by restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold, causing malabsorption of nutrients, or by a combination of both gastric restriction and malabsorption. Most weight loss surgeries today are performed using minimally invasive techniques like laparoscopic surgery. The Obesity and Bariatric Surgery programme will provide surgical options for patients that will include the gold standard of weight loss surgery, which is the Gastric Bypass. This is a complex operation in which a small pouch is created from the stomach and connected to the small intestine. After the surgery, the stomach will be smaller and the patient will feel full with less food. This will result in restriction of calorie intake and promote weight loss.”
Dr Sanjay Khare, Consultant, Physician, Apollo Hospitals Navi Mumbai said, “With obesity a risk factor for many non-communicable diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, cancer, fatty liver disease, osteoarthritis and kidney disease, this needs to be addressed on a war footing.”
“The management and treatment for obesity needs to take a comprehensive view of the patient’s condition. The main approach is a long term program of diet and exercise, with a goal to reach and stay at a healthy weight. However in certain cases, medication may need to be prescribed for weight loss. If these methods are not working out and in cases of extreme obesity with BMI of 40 and higher or a BMI above 35 with health problems such as diabetes or high blood pressure, weight loss surgery, that is, bariatric surgery can help”, he added.
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