Shalby Hospital in Delhi belongs to the Shalby group, a chain founded in Ahmedabad by an orthopaedic surgeon and still best known for joint replacement. That inheritance shows in how the Delhi unit is organised: arthroplasty and spine work sit at the centre, with general medical and surgical departments arranged around them rather than the other way round.
For a patient travelling from Bengaluru with an arthritic hip or knee, the appeal is a unit that does the same two or three operations repeatedly. High-volume arthroplasty teams tend to standardise implant selection, physiotherapy protocols and length of stay, which makes both the outcome and the bill easier to predict than at a hospital where joint replacement is one department among twenty.
Why patients choose Shalby Hospital
The group publishes fixed-price packages for its commonest procedures, which is unusual and useful. A knee or hip replacement quote normally covers the implant, theatre, anaesthesia, a defined number of inpatient days and the first phase of physiotherapy, so the main variables left are the implant brand and any complication.
Recovery support is the second argument. Because the group treats joint replacement as its core business, inpatient physiotherapy starts the day after surgery and continues as structured outpatient sessions, and staff are used to briefing families rather than only patients. For someone flying back to Bengaluru a few weeks after surgery, a written rehabilitation plan matters as much as the operation.
Treatments offered at Shalby Hospital
- Orthopaedics Joints & Spine Surgery - total knee and hip replacement, revision arthroplasty, arthroscopy, spinal decompression and fusion
- General Surgery - laparoscopic gallbladder, hernia and appendix surgery
- Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery - cardiac assessment, angiography and angioplasty
- Nephrology & Kidney Transplant - dialysis and management of chronic kidney disease
- Urology & Kidney Transplant - stone disease and prostate surgery
- Gastroenterology - endoscopy, colonoscopy and liver disease clinics
- Neurosurgery - spinal and cranial procedures
- Oncology & Cancer Medicine - medical oncology and daycare chemotherapy
- Gynecology - obstetrics, laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery
- Endocrinology & Diabetes - diabetes and thyroid care, including pre-operative optimisation
- Bariatric & Weight Loss Surgery - sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass
- ENT Surgery - sinus, ear and throat procedures
- Ophthalmology - cataract and refractive surgery
- Dermatology - medical and procedural dermatology
- Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery - reconstructive and aesthetic procedures
- Rheumatology - inflammatory arthritis, which often runs alongside the joint replacement service
- Vascular Surgery - varicose veins and peripheral arterial disease
Questions worth asking before you book
Ask for the surgeon's annual volume of the specific operation you need, not the hospital's total. Ask which implant is quoted and whether an upgrade changes the price. Ask how many inpatient days the package covers and what a day in intensive care would add. These three answers explain most of the variation between quotes from different Delhi hospitals.