City hospital gets government authorised bone bank facility

The new bone bank is apparently the first government authorised facility in Tamil Nadu where the bones are collected, screened, processed and preserved for usage in orthopaedic surgeries. 

Dr S Muthukumar, MBBS, D.Ortho, Chairman, Parvathy Ortho Hospital, said, “We will share the preserved bones to all the Orthopaedic hospitals in Chennai. Considering the demand for bones during ortho surgeries every day, the state needs at least 100 bone grafts to cater to the needs of the deserving patients. We are planning various initiatives to create awareness among people to donate bones.” 

The bone bank facility is technologically advanced and undergoes a stringent process of screening to ensure the bones collected are free of infection and avoids bone eating diseases. Presently, AIIMS and Tata Memorial Hospital bone banks are popular in India.