Q: I want to go for a laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding system or a gastric bypass surgery. I weigh 175 kg and I have been told that I have an obesity problem. Please advise a good surgeon and hospital in India. What will be the cost and for how many days will I have to stay there?

A:Bariatric surgery being performed routinely in the department of minimal access surgery, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. The procedure is known as laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and takes 1 hour to perform. It requires three days of hospital stay and costs about 1.5 to 1.75 lakhs. The patient may be required to stay in India for a total of two weeks.