ConvaTec, a US-based multinational company in Advance Wound Management, Ostomy Care and Critical & Continence Care in a joint venture with Narayana Health has launched India’s first of its kind- ‘Advanced Wound Clinic and Limb Salvage Centre’ located at NH Health City campus in Bengaluru.

The joint venture Clinic has advanced technologies essential for prevention and healing of chronic ulcers and is aimed at maintaining higher limb salvage rate comparable to the leading centers in the world, with facilities for assessing peripheral circulation and predicting wound healing.

The centre was inaugurated by Dr Devi Prasad Shetty, chairman, Narayana Health.

The initiative with ConvaTec would be one-of-a-kind venture that would create a specialty clinic focusing on Wound Management in the country. This synergy will initiate new benchmarks and new best technological and medical trends in our country, said Dr Shetty.

John M Lindskog, president, Asia Pacific, ConvaTec said, “Through the ‘Advanced Wound Clinic and Limb Salvage Centre’ we aim to bring the best facilities and wound management technology to patients. I am quite certain that it would change the way foot ulcers are perceived and treated in India.”

“At least 15 per cent of India’s diabetic population develops Foot Ulcers resulting in approximately 45,000 lower limb amputations annually. The clinic is a ray of hope for patients suffering from Foot and limb associated diseases. Amputations and complications are preventable, provided appropriate diagnosis and management is done at the right stage and with the launch of this clinic we aim to educate the patients and reduce these complications,” said Dr Ramesh Tripathi, vascular director, Narayana Institute of Vascular Sciences.

Commenting on the partnership, Anand Shirur, MD, ConvaTec India and China, said that an upsurge in incidences of limb associated complications necessitates the requirement for Wound Management and centres. This initiative will enable us to expand footprint for the benefit of the people across the country and fulfill the tenets of care required for foot diseases.

The Centre’s Wound Management Plan includes a standardized record of clinical assessment and etiology of the wound. The model of care would be to apply a stepwise approach implementing Advanced Wound Management modalities as a part of the wound care algorithm. All aspects of care from initial presentation to treatment and evaluation would be documented. Following assessment, treatment goals would be agreed with the patient and a time frame for their achievement set. Underlying factors which could influence the potential for wound healing would be addressed thus ensuring holistic and all round care as well as treatment.