February 6 2016, 13.28 PM IST || Pocket News Alert
Bangalore, February 5th, 2016: The Bangalore Football Club (BFC) today announced the appointment of Sakra World Hospital as the club’s Health Partner. The agreement was signed between BFC and Sakra World Hospital officials at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium today. Sakra World Hospital is well renowned for its clinical excellence and quality assurance. Bringing in the best of India and Japan, the multidisciplinary team at Sakra consisting of well reputed surgeons, internal medicine specialists and physiotherapists work in harmony to diagnose and treat sports injuries.
“Sakra is happy to be the official health care partner for BFC. Sports is very important part of our life, it keeps us fit and healthy. Which also come with some risks and we are here to cover those risks. We are tied up with BFC for Diagnoses, therapeutic & rehabilitation for the BFC club players. We will be doing the Pre-competition Medical Assessment (PCMA) as per FIFA model and also provide emergency support services, to handle all basic first aid on home ground match. Sakra World Hospital offers complete range of diagnostic and interventional radiology services, the department has modern state-of-the-art equipment such as 3 Tesla MRI and 128 slice multidetector CT scan among others. On therapeutic we are focusing on computer assisted & minimally invasive procedures. Secom runs a rehabilitation hospital in Japan. Sakra Rehabilitation Center is planned based on the Secom model. The SRC at Sakra World Hospital Bangalore is spread over 6000sqft,” said, Mr. Toshimasa Yashima, Managing Director, Sakra World Hospital.
“The Bangalore Football Club is pleased to tie-up with Sakra World Hospital as the Health Partner. With the variety and quality of services put forth by Sakra, it is indeed a pleasure to be associated with the brand. As the health partner of BFC, Sakra will be providing inpatient as well as outpatient medical care along with physiotherapy and counseling for the players. The hospital will also help BFC conduct the Pre-Competition Medical Assessment (PCMA) test of all the players as per the FIFA norms,” said, Mr. Mustafa Ghouse, CEO, Bangalore Football Club.
