Ganga Hospital designated as GCOE in trauma, joint replacement, arthroscopy surgeries

Kanakavalli Shanmuganathan (fourth right), Managing Director of Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, and Yoo Jin Chey (third right), Vice President, Asia Pacific, Johnson and Johnson MedTech, with the memorandum of understanding in the presence of S. Rajasekaran (fourth left), Chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery at Ganga Hospital, on Wednesday.
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Coimbatore-based Ganga Hospital and healthcare major Johnson & Johnson MedTech entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on April 23, 2025 (Wednesday), under which the latter designated the hospital as a Global Centre of Excellence (GCOE) in trauma, joint replacement, and arthroscopy surgeries for training orthopaedic surgeons in Asia Pacific region.

S. Rajasekaran, chairman, Department of Orthopaedics, Trauma and Spine Surgery at Ganga Hospital, said this is the first GCOE for trauma surgery in the world. The hospital was chosen as a GCOE for various factors, including the volume of trauma, joint replacement and arthroscopy surgeries performed and the expertise of its professionals, he added.

According to the hospital, the partnership will offer a platform for surgeons at various stages of professional career for advancement of training and mentorship. It will cover basic surgical skills to very advanced robotic joint replacement surgeries. As many as 100 surgeons from Asia Pacific countries, including Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and Thailand will be trained under the initiative annually.

Kanakavalli Shanmuganathan, Managing Director of Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore; Yoo Jin Chey, Vice President, Johnson and Johnson MedTech, Asia Pacific; and Ambuj Chaturvedi, Director, Professional Education, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, India, were present at the event.