A dedicated Advanced Wound Healing & Limb Salvage Institution has opened at Moosarambagh in Hyderabad, offering wound management, limb preservation, regenerative medicine and preventive podiatry under one roof, according to Indian Pharma Post. Its organisers describe it as India’s first centre of its kind.
The institution is affiliated with Advanced Wound Healing (AWH) Clinics, founded by Dr K.V.N.N. Santosh Murthy, who is also State President of the Indian Podiatry Association’s Telangana Chapter. It was inaugurated in July by Bandaru Dattatreya, former Governor of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh, who also launched a “Happy Feet” awareness campaign on preventive foot care.
What the centre treats
- Diabetic foot disease and diabetic foot ulcers
- Chronic non-healing wounds
- Burns and traumatic injuries
- Limb preservation for patients at risk of amputation
The scale of the problem
India has more than 100 million people living with diabetes. Dr Murthy estimates that nearly 250 amputations take place every day in Telangana alone, many of which could be prevented by earlier screening and specialist wound care. AWH Clinics says it has helped save more than 1,100 limbs over the past three years. These figures come from the organisers and have not been independently verified.
Part of a wider movement
The opening is one of several signs that podiatry and limb salvage are gaining ground in India. In August, the Indian Podiatry Association brought more than 400 delegates to Hyderabad for its IPACON 2026 congress, and in October eight international organisations signed a declaration in Bengaluru calling for diabetic foot disease to become a global health priority.
IMEA POD Perspective
Dedicated limb salvage centres bring together the skills that diabetic foot patients need most: wound care, vascular input, offloading, footwear and education. For podiatrists, the model shows how prevention and specialist treatment can sit side by side, and how public campaigns such as Happy Feet can bring patients in before ulcers become emergencies. The test for centres like this will be outcomes data on healing rates and amputations avoided, which would strengthen the case for similar services elsewhere in India and across the IMEA region.
Sources and further reading
- Indian Pharma Post: Hyderabad gets India’s first dedicated centre for advanced wound healing and limb salvage
- Telangana Today: Indian Podiatry Association coverage