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CODC partners with Raipur Hospital.

Centre for Obesity and Diabetes Control, Mumbai has partnered with Kalda Hospital Raipur, an ultra-modern 120 bedded specialty hospital to bring world class bariatric surgery solutions to patients in Raipur and Chattisgarh. Dr Abhay Agrawal will now be available once a month at Raipur as a part of this collaboration for performing Bariatric surgeries to […]

Raipur Physicians Host Dr Abhay Agrawal’s Lecture on Bariatric Surgery

It was a walk down the memory lane for Dr Abhay who performed Chhattisgarh’s first Bariatric surgery in 2008, when he addressed last week a strong gathering of 100 esteemed physicians and surgeons at the Raipur IMA (Indian Medical Association) meet. Dr Abhay shared how Bariatric and metabolic surgeries have evolved as well-established and long-term […]

Obesity may cause Infertility. Bariatric Surgery may solve both.

Each time you see a baby, does your heart ache instead of rejoicing? The internal turmoil of the one who is unable to conceive is deeply personal and painful. But we are fortunate to live in the modern era when medical science can assist couples facing infertility issues to conceive and experience the joy of […]

Bariatric Surgery Can Resolve Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes is one of the most discussed topics today due to havoc it creates including reduced lifespans of its patients. Times of India reported last year that an estimated 3.4 million  deaths  are caused due to high blood sugar according to a World Health Organization (WHO) fact sheet on diabetes. There are two types of […]

Dr Abhay Agrawal honored on Expert Panel for Bariatric Surgery

Dr Abhay had the privilege of being on the expert panel for Bariatric Surgery in a recent symposium at Mumbai on Risk Reduction Strategies and Planning in  inimally invasive surgeries. The emphasis of the panel discussions was to make Laparoscopic and Bariatric surgeries safer in the hands of younger or inexperienced surgeons to reduce complications […]