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Dr. ABRAHAM GEORGE
Specialty:
Orthopedic Surgeon
Training/Schooling:
Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, MB, Dip. Ortho., MS (Orthopedics)
Certificates/ Qualifications:
Life member - Indian Orthopedic Association
Member, Orthopedic Association
As an Orthopedic Surgeon
at American Mission Hospital, Dr. Abraham enjoys a busy practice,
which includes numerous geriatric patients. He always emphasizes
the need for exercise and preventive measures to avoid injury. His
specialty is in old age fractures and preventive orthopedics.
In his spare time he enjoys 'surfing the net' for the latest news
in orthopedics.
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Dr. BASHEER AHMED GHULAM
Specialty:
Orthopedics & Sports
medicine
Training/ Schooling:
under graduation& post graduation from the
University of Madras
Post graduate diploma in Sports medicine from the Board of the Royal
College of Surgeons and Physicians in Ireland .
Certificates/ Qualifications: M.B.B.S,
Dorite Diploma sports medicine, RCS & PC (Ireland)
Special course on fracture management(from the a.o swiss school-
both basic and advanced course)
Arthroscopy training from the University hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
His core interest is in his professional specialty
which is traumatology , sports medicine in particular Arthroscopic
surgeries, sports rehabilitation.
He is a member in the International Federation of Sports Medicine.
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CAST
CARE
Do
- Exercise your fingers, toes, shoulder or elbow
joints.
- Elevate your plastered limb whenever possible.
Don't
- Stand or press on your cast for the first 48
hours.
- Get the cast wet. If your cast accidentally
gets wet, it can be dried using a hair dryer on low heat to blow
warm air into the padding of the cast.

- Attempt to scratch the skin under your cast
(cool air from a blower can alleviate some of the irritation).
- Write on your cast until it is completely dry.
- Cover the cast with plastic or rubber for an
extended period.
- Cut, knock or bump your cast.
Return to the hospital if you experience any
of the following:

- Numbness in fingers or toes below the cast.
- Inability to move fingers or toes below the
cast.
- Your cast becomes loose or uncomfortable.
- Persistent or severe pain to affected limb.
- Fingers or toes below the cast turn blue.
- Marked swelling around the cast.
- Your cast cracks or softens.
Please call 253447 ext. 118
for any further information
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