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Faculty
Dr.
Rajiv Parakh
Dr. S. Agarwal
Dr. Tarun Grover
Attending Consultant
Dr. Rumneek Sodhi
DNB Fellow/ Registrars
Dr. Ambrish Satwik
Dr. Kapil Gupta
Dr. Ashish Ladha |
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OBJECTIVE OF THE
CENTER:
The goal of the
diabetic foot centre of excellence is to provide optimal diagnosis and treatment
and also to play a global role by providing a working example for other
healthcare professionals, and to help generate improve diabetic foot services
throughout the world. Teaching is an important goal. The staff are experts in
the field of foot and wound care. Conducting trials, writing, publishing and
providing work experience opportunities for others.
SETTING:
Multidisciplinary foot team in a
large teaching hospital.
AIM:
Prevention and specialized curative care
for complex cases Provide training to teach other centers.
GOAL:
The overall goal is to minimize
amputation rates even in very advanced and complex foot problems. Also, as a
specialized foot centre, perhaps there is a responsibility to set up an
organization that can prevent not only diabetic foot ulcers and amputations in a
local setting, but that can also play a more regional, perhaps even national or
international role.
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Moving from a
local to a more pan-regional or even international role the staff at the
centre is involved in the following: |
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1. |
Foot Examination
and detection of foot problems such as callus, corns, nail problems,
athletes foot, small & large wounds etc. |
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2. |
Treatments of all
kinds of foot problems; |
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3. |
Preventive care
with an emphasis on education in foot care, footwear, and trauma prevention; |
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4. |
Treatment of all
types of ulcers & infection & education on self-care of ulcers & infections;
use of hydrotherapy and ultrasonic debridment is routinely used Negative
suction wound care therapy systems are used for domiciliary management of
difficult to heal diabetic foot ulcers. |
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5. |
Prevention of
Diabetic foot ulcers and amputations in a local setting; |
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6. |
Organizing
Workshops/ local meetings; |
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7. |
Attending and
presenting at international meetings; |
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8. |
Receiving visitors
from other countries; |
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9. |
Organizing
training courses in diabetic foot care; |
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10. |
Offering training
opportunities; |
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11. |
Forging links with
diabetes representative organizations; |
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12. |
Conducting
clinical research; |
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13. |
Forming
partnerships with corporate interests to ensure a firm base for funding the
service; |
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14. |
Creating
prevention and treatment programmes in collaborations with other
(Specialized) centers; |
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15. |
Participate in the
development of the guidelines. |
The highly specialised
centre is best equipped to teach and inform the more basic centres. Workshops or
meetings are being be organised in which the experience of the team is shared
with other centres interested in diabetic foot care. There is be active
participation with other internationally renowned institutions. This aids
clinical and pre-clinical research, development guidelines and the organisation
of international meetings.
Days &
Timings
Daily in the Vascular Lab room No. 150 (first floor)
By prior appointment on ext. 1100 |
