Minimal access surgery, the new fad on medicos’ street today, is gaining popularity with each passing day. When I heard about it, I couldn’t stop myself from digging deeper into the subject. To my surprise, a Google search took me straight to the page of Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. On reading what the page offered, I discovered that the Max Institute of Minimal Access surgery was not only known in India, but well recognized globally as a centre of excellence.

The institute is headed by Dr. Pradeep Chowbey who featured in the Limca Book of Records in consecutive editions from the year 2000 to 2009, for performing over 50,000 Laparoscopic Biliary surgeries. The Max team is also known for having operated on The Dalai Lama and former President of India, Mr. K R Narayanan.

The accreditations and the acclaims Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery had received, promised one thing for certain, and that is quality. For a normal user, who has come to the Max Healthcare website for information, quality is a coercing reason to go further. Therefore, the discourse carried on as more and more information started throwing up.

To begin with, I understood what the various benefits of minimal access surgery are. Minimal access surgery, as the name suggests, works on the ‘minimum’ factor. Quicker & accurate diagnosis, faster recovery with shorter hospital stay, minimal tissue damage, hence less pain, minimal post-operative infections, and precise surgical techniques assuring minimal scarring. To sum it, minimal access surgeries promise minimum hassle.

Now, having understood the pros and cons, I wanted to find out why Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric surgery was held in such high esteem. The Institute is equipped with state-of-the-art operation theatres, quality equipment and high-end video conferencing systems, that contribute in affirming best-in-class industry practices. The team, with each member possessing a proven track record and international acclaim, endeavors to provide the best healthcare, holistic recovery, and rehabilitation services. The Max Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic and Bariatric surgery is one of its kinds in the subcontinent and on the international map, recognized to be a Center of Excellence in Endosurgery in the world today. 

Knowing all this about Max Healthcare not just convinced me, but I was extremely elated that such a world renowned Healthcare operator was in my country and serving people worldwide with excellence. Surely, Max is caring for you for life.

What is Good health? It’s a question that most of us come across almost everyday. After all, what exactly do we mean by saying improve your health and lifestyle? Together, let’s embark on this journey to find out what health and lifestyle really mean in today’s world.

When newspapers and television channels recently flashed that using mobile phones could cause cancer, where you shocked? When you come across celebrities on-air or on-field and you gaze at them, do you turn to yourself and ask why can’t you be as thin or as built as they are? When you see a weighing machine, do you want to run away? Last but not the least, if the escalators of the shopping mall stop functioning, do you decide against shopping at all? Well, if you are caught in such situations and a few more like these most often, then you are in dire need of some health and lifestyle in your life.

But nonetheless, it is also important to understand how much of a health and lifestyle dose is really right. Well, I might sound very colloquial when saying this but the truth, is that like the same colors don’t suit all of us, similarly, same type of fitness regime and lifestyle changes too doesn’t suit all of us alike. Therefore, doesn’t mean if Kareena Kapoor acquired size –zero and SRK has six pack abs, then that is good health and all of us must follow their regime. In fact it doesn’t even mean that they themselves are in good health, don’t we remember the news reports about Kareena fainting on her movie sets and Shahrukh suffering from severe back pain. So this too is not good health or right lifestyle.

Moving on to another domain, from films to cricket, let’s try to understand the importance of health and fitness in the lives of cricketers. Ever saw Sachin or Dhoni endorsing body building? The maximum we see them doing is skipping, playing, and dancing (with cute looking co-stars) to endorse health drinks, watch, cold drinks, and mobile phones, but seldom do we try to read between the lines.

Imagine the life of your favorite cricket star. If today he is playing in India then the next week he is in South Africa. Two countries that have stark climatic difference. But doesn’t he still play in the best of his health? The only thing that helps keep him in good shape is the balance. The balance in diet, the balance in extravagant lifestyle, and the balance in use of luxury. Not that all of them follow the balance theory religiously, otherwise how do we explain the injury worries that haunt team India regularly. But those who do shine on field and others too don’t take long before falling in line.

Therefore, what comes as a summation of all of this is, good health and a good lifestyle is in finding the right balance! If one is able to sleep peacefully, wake-up energetically, eat three meals a day without complaining of indigestion, climb up stairs without any hesitation, and live a pain-free life, then one is in good health and following a healthy lifestyle.

Many times we start a diet and fitness regime but give up most often during the toughest part – the beginning. The craze with which we start a new diet and fitness regime, dies downwith each passing day. The primary reason behind this loss of enthusiasm is the fact that we over strain our bodies in order to achieve unrealistic targets. Here, let us try to understand the right way to kickstart a fitness regimen.

Before you start following a new fitness schedule, you need to answer a few questions. Have you recently been advised by your doctor that you need to do something for your health? Do you have a good image in your mind of how you would look and feel being at your ideal weight? Do you want to enjoy life at its max without feeling exhausted?

When setting a goal to lose weight, there are just few reasons that motivate or demotivate us. While some of these reasons leave one overwhelmed, others leave one with nervousness. In order to live a healthy life you need to strictly follow your diet and fitness goal.

Therefore, the question that stares one on face is, how to overcome these demotivating situations and be loyal to your fitness schedule? The answer is pretty simple. You need to start slowly. Instead of being excited at the beginning, you need to move gradually to further stages.

When you take small, considerable steps towards your fitness goals you are allowing yourself to smell success and a sense of achievement on a daily basis. Moreover, your body will get used to new fitness regime and adjust with you. Finally you will be able to maintain strict diets and harder workouts with comfort as your body will be used to it.

The main objective behind this approach is to bring in a slow but steady momentum from the beginning while looking at the final picture.

A famous brand uses “Happiness Guaranteed” as its punch line to sell more but is that really possible? Happiness is a term that cannot be assessed quantitatively, neither its quality can be checked. Then what are the parameters of guarantee measurement? So it seemed quite funny to me that people really fall for promises that don’t have any soul. At that time, I wasn’t aware of what was coming next.

Just as I was carrying out an e-sojourn, one day I came across “Max’s Happy Family Programme.” I was still fuming over the happiness guaranteed theory and here I am seeing another trusted brand using the same marketing gimmick to attract people. Happy Family Programme, I mocked again. But the thought was lucrative enough to pull me to its webpage maxhealthcare.in and I started browsing through the several pages finally reaching my target. 

Max Happy Family Programme, the header jumped out of the page with the image of a picture perfect family. I don’t know what triggered it, but somehow I could sense practicality in what Max healthcare was saying. It’s very difficult to convince a critic that is sitting out there to bite at every opportunity. But this time Max Healthcare’s concept had won me over. Wondering what the concept was? Of course the Happy Family Programme. They have a noble, an achievable, and a believable thought driving the Happy Family Programme. Max Healthcare aims at serving people and preserving good health and Max Happy Family Programme (MHF) is an extension of this thought.

MHF allows one to choose an Out Patient (OP) plan based on the needs and size of the family. The MHF plan includes Out Patient (day-to-day healthcare) benefits that take care of the various healthcare needs of a family. These benefits are seamlessly delivered at all Max Facilities spread across regions. To give you a brief understanding of how it works the MHF OP plan is divided under the broad categories of family of two, family of four, and family of six with varying features and price range. For a typical family of four the MHF plan covers unlimited consultation at Max facilities with general physician, four free consultations with Specialists, two free health check-ups, and discount on diagnostic care and at the chemist and further discounts for Eye and Dental procedures. To sum it up all, a family of four can avail world class medical care at only Rs 4,500.

The value for money and the value for time both can be found at Max Healthcare. Satisfied after my research, the first thing I did was to call the Panchsheel Park Max Speciality Clinic and book a family-for-six plan for my self and a family-for-four plan to gift to my brother. 

Minilaparoscopy is a new addition in laparoscopic surgery which aims at reducing preoperative sickness during surgery. Moreover, it also helps in improving cosmesis. Recent advancements in optical procedures and instrument design have resulted into the incorporation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures in the applications of Minilaparoscopy.

According to various researches conducted on its effectiveness, it has been found that results out of Minilaparoscopic procedures done by experienced laparoscopic surgeons are similarly effective and safe with minimally perceptive scarring. The most challenging advantages such as reduced preoperative pain and morbidity are yet to be ascertained.

Due to the mixture of established 5 mm coagulation instruments with 3 mm forceps and scissors, smallest access could be coupled with excellent preparation and effective homeostasis. Along with an umbilical 6 mm trocar, a second 6 mm suprapubic trocar can be used, that allows the use of a bipolar RoBi® forceps or the GORDTS and CAMPO bipolar suction and irrigation electrode with 5 mm of outer diameter.

Moreover, it makes possible a change of the 5 mm telescope in the umbilical to the suprapubic access in case of different adhesions. The two lateral 3.5 mm trocars enable while using small 3 mm instruments, leaving only hardly visible scars to the patient. The recent advancements in telescope design and video imaging have enabled the use of smaller laparoscopes, while restricting the amount of light regression within the system. As a result, the durability and quality of small diameter optics has improved considerably.

During minilaparoscopy, extremely less pain was experienced while touching ovary, omentum, and bowel. Moreover, minilaparoscopy is found to be a safe and correct method to study critically ill patients in whom the chances of mesenteric ischemia or other intra-abdominal are possible.

It was just the other day when neighborhood children came running after school, holding out pamphlets from Max Healthcare in their hands. We were all first surprised and then astonished at the thought of Max Healthcare.

The pamphlet talked about Max Healthcare School Programme, an initiative to keep children smiling and bubbling with energy always. At Max Healthcare, they believe children across different age groups display unique growth and development characteristics, and have a variety of needs in physical, psychological, social, educational, vocational, and emotional areas. In order to provide an environment for their optimal development these needs have to be appreciated, identified and catered to.

Since, children spend their most formative years in school where their behaviors are inspired and influenced by the teachers and their peer groups; the school environment plays an important role in molding children's characteristics.

Max Healthcare Children Programme recognizes that children's thoughts, behaviors, and needs are different from those of adults Max Healthcare organizes various comprehensive programmes specifically meant for school children and their health.

These programmes are divided under three broad categories – the School Mental Health Programme, Pro-social peer Programme, and Educational Programmes. To briefly explain each of these programmes; let us take a look at them one by one.

The School Mental Health Programme is designed by The Department of Mental Health and Behavioural Sciences at Max Healthcare for schools, to ensure all round development of children. The programme gives the schools guidance to handle problems of school children, based on the latest research and scientific evidences.

The Pro-social peer Programme is based on social learning theory and has been used widely with children and adolescents. Since in the growing up years the influence of peers attains utmost importance, it is found that this programme can reduce and prevent the occurrence of problems such as risk taking behaviors, aggression and violence, substance abuse, and delinquency. This programme can be utilized for the development of a healthy personality and imparting skills.

The primary emphasis is on learning through observation, wherein, the students who are trained became role models for their peers and help other children in learning more adaptive forms of behavior.

Last but not the least, the Educational Programmes that are further categorized as School Counsellor Certificate Programme- a six month certificate course offered by Max Healthcare Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences for training of School Counsellors. And the Courses for Psychology Students - different courses for Psychology students on various aspects of Mental Health offered with a view to help them deal with the complexities of clinical situations with a competent and scientific approach.

Having gone through all this, I and the other parents were rest assured that Max healthcare at school is a boon in disguise for our children. 

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. Well, may be not everything, but with a smile, you can surely leave a lasting impression on many people, you come across everyday. Honestly speaking, we all understand how important this Smile Factor is; yet dental health is often neglected. Isn’t it?

 At Max Dental Care, we tell our patients that many dental ailments can easily be prevented with a little attention to oral hygiene. Here are some simple steps, you can follow:

Now, how difficult do you think, these steps are? Are they really difficult?

However, there is no denying the fact that dental problems are like volcanoes and can erupt anytime. And then, all you look for is an immediate relief.

With the best of dental surgeons, the latest and highly sophisticated equipment, and other facilities, Max Dental Care definitely makes for the best choice when it comes to dental care. Our comprehensive range of dental services comes with the same care, comfort, and quality services that Max Healthcare is associated with.

So, whatever your dental problem is, we have a solution. Now, you really need not worry. At Max Dental Care, we are committed to providing you with the best of dental services.