Special Hand Clinic started at AIIMS Bhubaneswar – Times of India

Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar’s department of burns and plastic surgery has started a Special Hand Clinic in the hospital to provide comprehensive care for different hand related issues. It is in collaboration with the orthopaedic and PMR department.
“This clinic is the first of its kind in Odisha. The importance of hand care can’t be undermined. It will function on every Tuesday from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm at the Plastic Surgery OPD complex,” said the official sources on Wednesday.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas has congratulated the doctors of three departments for their efforts to start such a clinic. “This clinic will certainly help people from all age groups to get a complete care like Tendon and nerve injuries, fractures, dislocations and strains, amputations, carpal tunnel syndrome, Rheumatoid Arthritis and other arthritic conditions with many other hand problems,” he added.
Burns and plastic surgery associate professor Santanu Suba, who is the in-charge of the clinic, said their treatment will cover a broad spectrum of conditions including tendonitis, hand contractures, soft tissue injuries, burns, diabetes, anomalies present at birth, brachial plexus injury, post radiation and post infected lymphedema.