MJRC conducted the first live knee replacement in India and the second in the world on Twitter on 18/06/09 Visitors to twitter can follow akvenkat to get updates. Twitter is a social micro blogging site which chronicles live events in the form of short updates and pictures. This is the second time in the world [...]

An young Iraqi female crippled by arthritis was restored to normalcy by Journey knee replacements by Indian Orthopedic surgeon. The JOURNEY Knee in Oxinium was introduced in India by Dr. A.K.Venkatachalam, consultant Orthopedic surgeon in Chennai this week. The first patient to receive bilateral Oxinium Journey replacements was a 38 year old lady suffering from [...]

IMTD 2009, an exposition of about 20 Indian Medical tourism providers showcased the best of Indian doctors to the Canadian public. Held at the Metro Toronto convention center between the 20th to 22nd November, the expo attracted attention of the media and public. MJRC was represented by Dr. A.K.Venkatachalam. He gave a talk on the [...]

We will be attending the World Medical tourism congress at Los Angeles from the 26th Oct to 28th Oct. See you in LA.

Mexico is preferred by many Americans for medical tourism. Yet for Nancy, an American living in Lapaz, Mexico for the last ten years and familiar with their health care system, India is the better bet. She journeyed to India to get two knee replacements by Dr.Venkatachalam of the Madras Joint Replacement Center. After her surgery [...]

Reasons Why You Should Consider India if You Need a Knee Replacement Medical tourism has been growing in popularity as medical costs in America soar without an accordant rise in income or insurance benefits. Many who don’t have insurance or who have conditions that won’t be covered by their insurance are left with few options [...]

Youngest Dutch Patient gets Long lasting Oxinium knee replacement in India Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam Consultant Orthopaedic surgeon E mail : drvenkat@kneeindia.com A 34 year old Dutch male citizen became the youngest person in the Netherlands and perhaps in India to receive a long lasting knee replacement in India. His knee replacement was implanted by Computer assisted surgery [...]