ECMO Support Cost in Gurgaon, India

The cost of ECMO support in Gurgaon typically ranges from $620 to $6,000 USD (about ₹58,800 to ₹5.69 lakh), depending on the hospital, room category and type of procedure.

A typical estimate for ECMO support in Gurgaon is around $2,000 (about ₹1.90 lakh). What you pay depends mainly on your own case. If support is needed for only a short time, your bill is likely to be closer to $620 (about ₹58,800). It is likely to be nearer $6,000 (about ₹5.69 lakh) if support lasts many days, or complications or extra procedures are needed.

When comparing Gurgaon packages for ECMO support, check whether each quote includes:

• Daily intensive care and ECMO team charges
• Circuit and consumables
• Blood products and tests
• Specialist fees

ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) is life support that pumps blood out of the body through an artificial lung, which adds oxygen, and returns it, supporting the lungs or both the heart and lungs.

The American Lung Association lists severe lung failure such as ARDS, severe pneumonia or pulmonary embolism, heart failure or cardiac arrest, problems after heart surgery or transplant, and support while waiting for a transplant.

It stresses that ECMO does not treat the illness itself but gives time for the organs to recover or for another treatment to be arranged.

Blood thinners stop the circuit clotting, which makes bleeding a major risk, and the American Lung Association also lists clots, stroke, infection and equipment faults.

Support may be needed for anything from a few days to several weeks.

Flying home: UK aviation guidance has no specific figure for this procedure, so fly after the surgeon's review and ask about clot prevention on long journeys.

A Gurgaon quote for ECMO support is normally made up of these items:

• Daily ICU and ECMO team charges: intensivist, perfusionist and nursing.
• Tests and blood products: regular blood tests and transfusions.
• Deposit: the hospital may ask for one on admission.
• ECMO mode: veno-venous or veno-arterial.
• Days on support: charged per day.
• Circuit and ICU care: disposables and one-to-one nursing.
• Underlying illness: and any other treatment.

ECMO is charged mainly by the day, so the total can rise far above the range shown if support lasts for weeks; ask a Gurgaon ICU about daily charges and deposits.

ECMO needs an intensive care unit with a trained ECMO and perfusion team, which in Gurgaon means larger tertiary hospitals rather than small nursing homes.

The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH), part of the Quality Council of India and accredited by ISQua, sets India's national hospital standard, and its website lets you confirm whether a Gurgaon hospital's accreditation is current.

Gurgaon is part of Delhi NCR, where India's first hospital to gain Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation did so in 2005, and JCI publishes a searchable list of the organisations it currently accredits.

Haryana adopted the national Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 in 2018, starting with larger private hospitals, so you can ask a Gurgaon hospital for its registration under the Act.