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Short Stay Surgery Centres known as Ambulatory Care Centres in the developed countries especially USA, England, France, etc. are a proven concept. The short stay surgery centres are those places where day-care able and short stay surgeries are performed. The chief characteristic of these types of surgeries is that the post-surgery recovery time in most of the cases is less than 24 hrs, but in common practice, the patients are discharged on the same day of surgery. These centres are growing all over the globe due to intense advancement in the field of surgical technology, newer methods of operating (eg. Laparoscopy) and anaesthetic drugs. Also, loss of mandays incurred in a planned surgery in today’s work environment is a growing concern which gets ably met by such surgical techniques.
These surgery centres are attuned to the philosophy of high precision, minimum blood loss, minimum incision, maximum cosmetic advantage, localized anaesthesia, fast recovery, optimum pain management and high quality post operative care thereby augmenting fast post operative mobilization.
The end benefits are many to count on the part of the patients like fewer chances of hospital acquired infections, minimum scars and pain, early mobilization and less expenditure.
The short stay centres also gain by having a clear philosophy of care by adopting one-case one-price policy, no added components on the surgery package, simple billing procedure, operating in a non-critical environment and ultimately fewer standoffs with the insurance companies thereby making it a win-win on the part of patients and surgery centres.
Advantages of Short Stay to the Patient:
- Earlier mobilization
- Minimal disruption of patient's personal life
- Faster recovery and quicker return to routine
- Reduced risk of cross-infection
- Avoidance of disruptive nights in hospital wards
- Less loss of time at work
- Less psychological disturbances in children
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