A machine takes over the work of the heart and lungs for days or weeks, to give them time to recover.
Pending doctor checkBlood is drawn through a tube, passed through an artificial lung that adds oxygen and removes carbon dioxide, and pumped back. It is used in intensive care for the most serious heart or lung failure, or to support complex heart surgery.
Critically ill people with severe heart or lung failure that does not respond to other treatment, for example after a heart attack, severe pneumonia or heart surgery.
Every patient gets their own estimate, in writing, from the hospital. These are the things that move it.
Room types, equipment and running costs differ from one hospital to the next.
A surgeon's fee follows their experience and how complex the operation is.
Keyhole or robotic surgery, and the make of any implant, can change the price.
Other conditions, earlier treatment and the tests you need before treatment all count.
Days in hospital, any time in intensive care and the weeks you spend recovering in India.
Physiotherapy, medicines to take home and follow-up visits are added only if your doctor asks for them.
The estimate is not final until the doctor has examined you in India. If anything changes, we explain it before you agree to it.
Get your written estimateIn some cases, with an air ambulance team. Contact us urgently and we check with the hospital.
It supports the body while the heart or lungs recover, or until another treatment, such as surgery, is possible.
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