Snoring is not a sign of prosperity
Dr Devinder Rai,
Vice Chairman, Department of ENT,
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.
People have this notion that snoring is a sign of prosperity, but it is actually a lifestyle disease and can lead to bigger problems,
Please tell us about Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and its operations in healthcare?
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital is a very old and one of the renowned hospitals which is shifted from Lahore to India and has been serving the community relentlessly. The hospital also has a social commitment in which we provide free beds. These commitments are followed very seriously with the best ever equipments and the best of the doctors. The hospital always has a vision to be in the technological edge as well as expertise.
We also conduct training programmes. We have people in post graduate training in almost every specialty. We have full fledged department of ENT and we have lots of consultants. We have state “of- art equipments with robotic surgery, with image gadget surgery we have got everything which you think of in any department in the world.
India market is little different from West. While competing in terms of innovation and quality how do you manage to give an affordable treatment to Indian people?
We have got free beds where we do not charge anything and vaccine is People have this notion that snoring is a sign of prosperity, but it is actually a lifestyle disease and can lead to bigger problems, says Dr Devinder Rai, Vice Chairman, Department of ENT, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. In conversation with Kartik Sharma, ENN july / 2013 staging-ehealtheletsonlinecom-staginghl.kinsta.cloud 57 almost non- chargeable, there is an under-privileged section too and the other categories like the semi- nursing home, single room and the suite for the people who can pay. So across this system we have a huge range of cost structure to help the society.
We are following the legacy of serving the society whole-heartedly. Our hospital is totally different from the corporate hospitals. Gangaram hospital runs by doctors and not by the corporate. It is run by a trust and the trust gives full credence to doctors to run the hospital, it is the vision of the doctors and it is the trust which allows us to do it. Overall it is a fantastic hospital.
How are you leveraging ICT?
We have eMedicine, we use telemedicine. Many times we have programmed surgery including live surgery at times, and we do conduct video conferences too. So this is the technology enhanced healthcare model that we are following. We have fantastic library with computers to access anytime.
What will be your agenda with Eurosleep in India?
It is about management and treatment of snoring and sleep apnea. There is certain thought process behind it. Coming to the aspect of lifestyle, people have this notion that snoring is a sign of prosperity which is actually a lifestyle problem and can lead to bigger problems. One of the problems which cause the snoring is sleep disorder and it has accentuation towards other disease process
like cardiac or neurological attack
Can snoring be actually stopped?
It is actually very difficult to stop snoring. Most of the people snore but what can be prevented is sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a common disorder that causes your breathing to stop or get very shallow. Breathing pauses can last from a few seconds to minutes. They may occur 30 times or more an hour.
What can be done to spread awareness about these diseases?
Yes, awareness for the sleep apnea started in 1995/1996. It was one of the big initiatives. Since then many media houses organise so many much panel discussions on the issue and many media houses have written about it. Thankfully, awareness is coming. Awareness about it very crucial
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