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Dr Hargun J Sangtani’s clinical establishment - the Ortho Relief Hospital & Research Centre – is a source of hope for patients suffering from arthritis and other orthopaedic ailments. Dr Sangtani returned to Nagpur in 1991 after spending a decade in the UK enhancing his orthopaedic acumen through various quality assignments as a consultant. Ever since his days in the UK he has had one driving mission - to offer Indians the same advanced quality of orthopaedic care as patients get in the best hospitals of the developed world. This led to the setting up of the 30 bedded Ortho Relief Hospital & Research Centre in Nagpur. It was the most advanced and comprehensive orthopaedic facility in central India in 1992, equipped with the most sophisticated and advanced technology available, and that stands true even today. · 1st private institute to bring mobile imagine intensifier technology to central India in 1991. · 1st hospital to provide arthroscopic surgery using a high powered key hole video camera in 1991. · Dr. H. J. Sangtani was the 1st surgeon to perform Total Knee Replacement Surgery in 1993 and Partial Knee Replacement Surgery in 1994. · Dr. H. J. Sangtani was also the 1st surgeon to perform Hip-Resurfacing Surgery in 2005. · Conducted the very 1st Computer Aided Surgery for Joint Replacement in in May 2006 · The Ortho Relief Hospital was the 1st institute to acquire Computer Aided Technology - the Ci CT-Free DePuy/BrainLAB Navigation System. · On January 23, 2009, the Ortho Relief Hospital became one of the 1st centres in central India to conduct a Total Elbow Joint Replacement Surgery using a "Sloppy Joint". · Dr H J Sangtani is the leading surgeon when it comes to adapting to and using High Flex knee implants from Depuy Johnson & Johnson – from the Sigma RPF® in Jan 2006, PS 150® in Sep 2013, and Attune® in December 2014. · Dr Sameer Kalkotwar is the 1st surgeon in central India to perform Compression Distraction Osteotomies · Dr Sameer Kalkotwar is one of the few surgeons in the region to specialize in spine deformity correction surgeries and minimally invasive techniques for osteoporotic management - Vertebroplaties and Kyphoplasties · Premier centre for Microdiscectomies (Disc excisions under operating microscopes) & Cervical Disc Replacements In 2021 the hospital was expanded with the addition of a new wing to 50 beds. Added facilities include 2 state of the art OTs, a CathLab, an ICU, CT scan, along with a new and spacious OPD Dept, in addition to the rooms and IPD amenitities.