Obesity Support Group Meeting Organised by SPS Apollo Hospitals

Ludhiana, July 14, 2014: As a part of the Obesity Awareness Month, SPS Apollo Hospitals organised an Obesity Support Group Meeting and seminar on weight loss surgery that was attended by over 60 people from Ludhiana. The session was conducted by Dr.Arindam Ghosh, Senior Consultant, Laparoscopic Surgery for Weight Loss and Diabetes, SPS Apollo Hospitals, Ludhiana. The program was organized with an aim of educating people about the problems and high cost of obesity to their lives.
According to Dr.Arindam Ghosh, “Obesity can severely affect the quality of one’s life. A recent study puts an alarming 70 percent of India’s urban population as obese. With morbid obesity affecting 11% of the country's population, India is following a trend of the other developing countries that are steadily becoming more obese”. He added that Bariatric Surgery has been able to transform the lives of many obese people and has improved their quality of life.
Bariatric surgery is the only treatment modality that is allowed for treating severe obesity that has very high long-term success and acceptance. In addition, bariatric surgery resolves diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnea, high-cholesterol and other co-existing obesity related diseases in most severely obese people undergoing it, added Dr. Arindam Ghosh while addressing the audience.
The highlight of the meeting was the sharing of the success stories of the many that had lost large amounts of weight successfully after bariatric surgery. According to Dr. Arindam Ghosh, SPS Apollo runs this Bariatric Support Group for the operated patients and obese patients who want to encourage communication to overcome the challenges that obese patients experience and encourage them to be socially active. From a young college going student to a middle aged housewife, SPS Apollo’s bariatric surgery program has transformed the lives of many from Ludhiana. The meeting was attended by over 60 people including many who have lost large amounts of weight after undergoing bariatric surgery.
 
SPS Apollo Hospitals under the leadership of Dr. Arindam Ghosh was the region’s first hospital to launch bariatric surgery in 2005 and has since then successfully performed a large number of cases. Amongst India’s foremost names in bariatric surgery SPS Apollo has steadily gained reputation for its high quality, safe and affordable bariatric surgery outcomes.