Badr al Samaa Group of Hospitals has opened Oman’s largest and most advanced Centre for Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy in the private healthcare sector.
The centre will be run by a special team of 19 senior orthopaedic surgeons at its two hospitals in Ruwi and Al Khoudh besides coordinating emergency services all through the sultanate.
The new centre was inaugurate by Oman international striker Khalid al Hajri in the presence of Sheikh Shabib al Hosni, deputy CEO of Oman Football Association and the directors of Badr al Samaa - Abdul Latheef, Dr V T Vinod – as well as senior orthopaedic surgeons and physiotherapists from nine branches of the group and other officials.
Speaking on the occasion, Latheef said that Badr al Samaa has been regularly upgrading its services since its launch in 2002 and that the new department of sports medicine was the latest offering to people in Oman. “We are present in the GCC and in India but we chose to make Oman as our base as we love Oman and its population,” he said.
“Our association with the Oman Football Association (OFA) has been there for the past five years and we hope to continue as their official medical sponsor for many years ahead.”
In his address to the gathering, Hosni commended the service of Badr al Samaa and hoped that they would continue providing them with the best medical support to keep the OFA team in a high state of health and fitness.
“Since the start of Oman Professional League in September 2013, Badr al Samaa has done an excellent job for us. The current football management system seeks to ensure a good level of fitness for all players, without which they cannot play in any tournament. For achieving this, we rely on the services of Badr al Samaa,” Hosni said.
Badr al Samaa had started its journey in the field of sports medicine and rehabilitation under the guidance of Dr Kamran Sayeed, senior consultant, Dept of Orthopaedics, Badr al Samaa Hospital, Ruwi, who had moved to Oman after 18 years experience in England. He has treated civilians as well as British army personnel and developed special interest in sports medicine, foot and ankle surgery and lower limb arthroplasty.
The Centre of Sports Medicine at Badr al Samaa is now comparable with the best sports medicine facilities in terms of infrastructure as well as faculty. The centre specialises in diagnosis, rehabilitation and surgery of patients with sports related injuries. The team has extensive experience in arthroscopic knee and ankle ligament surgery and the core area of expertise is in foot and ankle surgery, lower limb arthroplasty, complex trauma and arthroscopic surgery.
Badr al Samaa has performed more than 800 knee arthroscopies which includes Meniscectomy, ACL reconstruction, PCL reconstruction and MPFL reconstruction. It has performed substantial number of shoulder arthroscopies which includes Biceps tenotomy, Subacromial decompression, acromioplasty and Supraspinatus repair. The department has also performed many ankle arthroscopies which includes loose body removal, micro fracture, sub-condral cyst enucleation, removal of Os Trigonum (Posterior ankle arthroscopy – first time in Oman), ATFL and CFL reconstruction.
Dr Vinod added, “We are proud to launch the Centre for Sports Medicine at Badr al Samaa. This is a comprehensive facility with customised programmes for diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery that is benchmarked to the best sports medicine facilities in the private healthcare sector in Oman.”
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