Dr. Shubhang Aggarwal Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon
☑ FOR NRI FAMILIES

NRI Knee Replacement Surgery in Jalandhar

Robotic Surgery for Parents — USA, UK, Canada, Australia

+91 98142 09405

You’ve Got Two Weeks Off Work. Let’s Make Sure That’s Enough.

If you’re reading this from Surrey, Brampton, Southall, Melbourne, or anywhere else with a big Punjabi community, you probably know this story already — because it’s likely your own.

Mom or Dad has been wincing getting up from the sofa for two years. They didn’t want to “make a fuss” or spend your money on a flight just for a doctor’s visit. So it waited. Now you’ve finally got leave booked, and you’re trying to figure out: can this actually get sorted in the time you have?

We work with families in exactly this situation every month — NRIs coming back with a tight window and a parent who’s put off surgery for far too long. Here’s how we make the timeline actually work.

Dr. Shubhang Aggarwal

Senior Joint Replacement Surgeon | MCh Orth (UK)

25,000+ Total Joint Replacements
6,000+ Robotic Knee Surgeries
3 Hours Up and Walking Post-Op
2–3 Days Typical Discharge

☑ Precision Robotic Surgery System (0.1mm accuracy)

Why NRI Families End Up Choosing Us

Most people abroad assume Indian hospitals mean longer stays and more uncertainty than back home. In our experience, it’s usually the opposite.

Up & Walking in 3 Hours

Patients are typically up and walking within 3 hours of robotic knee surgery.

Discharge in 2–3 Days

Most are discharged in 2–3 days, not the week some families brace themselves for.

6,000+ Robotic Replacements

6,000+ robotic knee replacements performed since introducing robotic arthroplasty to the region in 2019.

25,000+ Career Joint Surgeries

Over 25,000 total joint replacements performed across Dr. Aggarwal’s career.

International Robotic Surgical Trainer

Dr. Shubhang Aggarwal trains other surgeons on this exact robotic system as faculty at the Smith & Nephew Academy in Singapore.

What actually matters is results.

None of that matters much on its own. What matters is whether your parent can walk comfortably, sit cross-legged again, and not wince getting out of a car — and whether you can get back to your job in Toronto or Houston without using up all your annual leave doing it.

Talk to Us Before You Book a Single Flight

X-rays over WhatsApp, a video call, and an honest answer on timing — that’s the first step, and it costs you nothing but ten minutes.

Please send us the following details on WhatsApp so our medical team can review your case and arrange a video consultation with Dr. Shubhang Aggarwal.

What to Send Us Before the Video Call:

Recent X-rays — a phone photo of the film or a scan is fine, sent on WhatsApp

Any other health conditions (diabetes, blood pressure, cardiac history)

Current medication list

Your actual travel dates

WhatsApp Message Template:

"Hi, I’m calling from [Toronto / London / Sydney / etc.] about my parent’s knee"

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How to Actually Plan This Trip

1 Video Call First

Start with a video call, not a flight booking. Send us your parent’s X-rays over WhatsApp before you do anything else. We’ll review them and get on a video call so you know — before you’ve spent a rupee on tickets — whether surgery is even needed, what kind, and how long it realistically takes.

2 Share Return Flight Date

Be honest with us about your dates. Tell us your actual return flight date upfront. We’ll tell you straight if it’s workable or too tight — we’d rather adjust the plan now than have you stuck deciding between an unsafe early flight and an extended stay you didn’t budget for.

3 Fast-Track Bookings

If your dates are tight, tell us that too. If you’ve already got an appointment booked with us and your travel window is short, we can often arrange the pre-operative date within 2–4 days as a special case. This isn’t the default for every patient, but for families flying in from abroad with limited leave, it’s something we actively plan around — so ask us directly when you book.

4 One Point of Contact

One person, one WhatsApp thread. You shouldn’t be juggling three different hospital numbers across a 10.5-hour time difference. You get one point of contact for scheduling, paperwork, and updates — including updates sent to you directly even if you’ve flown back and a parent or sibling is staying on locally.

5 Flying-Friendly Recovery

Recovery is built with flying in mind. Our ERAS protocol (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) is designed to get patients mobile fast — which also happens to line up well with getting medically cleared for the flight home. We’ll tell you the realistic window for short-haul versus long-haul travel based on your parent’s specific case, not a generic rule of thumb.

Getting to Jalandhar — We’ll Help With This Part Too

Figuring out the actual journey from the airport can be more stressful than the surgery itself when you’re coordinating it from another time zone. Here’s what’s available:

Flying into Amritsar or Chandigarh

Both are within easy reach of Jalandhar, and we can organise pickup directly from either airport — just share your flight details in advance and we’ll have transport arranged for your arrival.

Flying into Jalandhar Directly

Jalandhar has growing flight connectivity, including direct service via Bombay (Mumbai) on certain routes — worth checking if a direct option works for your dates, as it cuts out the road transfer entirely.

Flying into Delhi

If Delhi is your most convenient or cheapest international connection, that’s fine too — we can arrange a taxi to pick you up directly from Delhi airport and bring you straight to the hospital.

Whichever route you’re taking, let us know your flight details ahead of time on WhatsApp and we’ll have the pickup sorted before you land.

A Quick, Honest Timeline

For a single knee replacement, this is roughly what families are working with:

Day 1–2

Consultation and pre-op workup

Day 3

Surgery day

Day 3–5

Hospital stay (2–3 days post-op)

Day 14 or so

Generally cleared for short-haul domestic flights

Week 3–4

Generally cleared for long-haul international flights

Thinking of doing both knees?

If both knees need doing, bilateral robotic replacement in a single sitting is something we do regularly — and for families with limited leave, it’s often genuinely the more sensible option than two separate trips. We’ll tell you honestly if your parent isn’t a good candidate for it; we don’t push it on everyone.

Questions We Get From Families in the US, UK, Canada & Australia

Can my parent actually fly back within my leave window?

Usually yes for single-knee cases, if you’ve got 3+ weeks. It gets tighter with bilateral surgery or older patients with other health conditions. We’ll give you a real answer on the video call, not a sales pitch.

I have to fly back before the surgery date — can I still be involved?

Yes. We’ll loop in whichever family member is staying in Jalandhar, and keep you posted by video call and WhatsApp through surgery and recovery, wherever you are.

Are NRI patients charged differently?

No — same pricing as local patients. We’ll send you a full cost breakdown (surgery, implant, hospital stay, physio) before you book flights, so there’s no surprise bill mid-trip.

Do you help with where to stay during recovery?

We can point you toward accommodation suited to a recovering patient and talk through home-care options for after discharge, especially useful if the rest of the family is scattered across cities or countries.

My parent is nervous about “going under the robot” — is that normal?

Very. Most people picture something out of a sci-fi film. In reality, the robot is a precision tool the surgeon controls throughout — it doesn’t operate independently. We’re happy to walk your parent through exactly what happens on the video call so they’re not walking into surgery anxious about the wrong thing.

Talk to Us Before You Book a Single Flight

X-rays over WhatsApp, a video call, and an honest answer on timing — that’s the first step, and it costs you nothing but ten minutes.

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📍 Dr. Shubhang Aggarwal | NHS Hospital, Kapurthala Road, Jalandhar, Punjab (144008)