Shalby Hospitals Ahmedabad, which is known around the world for joint replacement and orthopedics, has treated 15,000 patients from West Bengal with joint pain and other complex orthopaedic diseases. Kolkata, Howrah, Asansol, Siliguri, Bharampur, Bardhman, and Durgapur are the major West Bengal cities from which patients travel to Shalby Ahmedabad. People from nearby states, including Jamshedpur, Bhilai, and Dhanbad, also come to Shalby Ahmedabad for knee and hip replacement surgery. Shalby’s orthopedic surgeons from Ahmedabad hold consultations at Shanti Wellness Care in Kolkata’s Bhawanipur neighborhood every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. People can make an appointment by calling 6357395001.

Dr. Vikram Shah, a world-renowned joint replacement surgeon, and the hospital’s Chairman and Managing Director, founded Shalby as a 6-bed small hospital in Ahmedabad in 1994. It has grown into a chain of 11 multispecialty hospitals with locations in eight Indian cities under Dr. Shah’s visionary leadership. It is known for joint replacement and complex as well as revision orthopedic surgeries all over the world.

Dr. Vikram Shah founded Shalby in 1994 with the goal of providing effective joint replacement surgery for joint diseases, the majority of which are caused by age-related joint arthritis. There was little awareness of this at the time, and while it was becoming more popular in Western countries, there were few surgeries taking place in India. He began with 14 surgeries in the first year and increased to 100 the following year. The following year, there was a much larger increase. There was no turning back in the years that followed.

Dr. Vikram Shah is now recognized not only by the public at large but also by the medical community as one of India’s top joint replacement surgeons, having performed the most such surgeries in the world. Shalby has grown to become the world’s number one joint replacement center, performing 10,000 surgeries per year under his leadership. Shalby has performed over 1,25,000 joint replacement surgeries to date. Shalby offers treatment for all orthopedic diseases from head to toe. It is a preferred destination for joint replacement and complex & revision orthopedic surgeries for people not only from India but from all over the world.

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