In 1998 I returned to India, having lived and worked abroad for the preceding five years; I managed to get a job with the newly opened Indian Spinal Injuries Centre at Vasant Kunj, developing the spinal and orthopaedic unit there. It was here that I met Dr Sunil Katoch and we began to work as a team rather than as two separate orthopaedic and spine surgeons. In him I found a passion for excellence and a deep empathy for his patients. A lot of the patients at the Spinal Injuries Centre were paralysed, either from the neck down or from the waist down. They were of all ages and many had complications like decubitus ulcers or pressure sores, urinary tract infections, chest infections, joint contractures and paralysed hands. Together we treated many of these problems, including plastic surgery procedures for decubitus ulcers, and tendon transfers for paralysed hands. In addition, as time passed and as practice built up, non paralysed patients, and patients with spinal problems such as slipp...
Dr. H N Bajaj is an Orthopaedic Surgeon, with a degree of MS in Orthopaedics, & a Diploma in Orthopaedics, specializing in spine surgery and working in Delhi at Max Healthcare & Medharbour Hospital in Gurgaon. He is a graduate of the prestigious KMC, Manipal, & a member of the Faculty as well. He has worked in UK, Australia, & Malaysia before returning to India.