Apr 23, 2012

India - Eurosleep launches Asia chapter from Nagpur


NAGPUR: Eurosleep, a network of hospitals in Europe for treating sleep disorders through surgery, launched its Asia chapter named Eurosleep-Asia on Sunday here. Neeti Clinics, run by ENT surgeon Dr Madan Kapre, signed an MOU with the company, which is tying up with ten hospitals in India under the Asia chapter.

In the first phase four cities would have the Eurosleep-Asia centres; Nagpur, Mumbai, New Delhi and Amritsar. The second phase would see launches in June at Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and Ahmedabad.

Mohan Nair, CEO of Eurosleep in Asia region, said that though his company officials met doctors at Mumbai hospital on Saturday, the formal launch from the city would take place on Monday with the signing of a MOU.

The launch of an Asia chapter is aimed at exchange of knowledge on the disease, training in surgery and diagnosis, both in Norway and India, by experts from Eurosleep. It is also an effort to generate a data pool for Asian population as the extent of disorder varies in different genetic populations or races. The African Americans are more prone as compared to Americans. The disorder could have a hereditary cause or even socioeconomic reasons, he said.

Nair pointed out that till now sleep disorder was estimated to be 2-4% but studies conducted recently have shown an incidence of 16% in India. People generally associate it with obesity but it can happen at any weight and age.

Dr Kapre, who is starting the first surgical clinic for treating sleep apnea after training in Norway, said the disorder is also caused by age, obesity, alcohol, smoking and consumption of some drugs or medicines for relatively longer periods.

Snehlata Shrivastav



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