Dr. Tongaonkar is a rural surgeon and founder member and Past President of the Association of Rural Surgeons of India (ARSI) and International Federation of Rural Surgery (IFRS). He has been using and promoting the use of 4000 times cheaper mosquito-net mesh which is Low-Density PolyEthylene (LDPE) for all types of open hernia repairs for last 18 years.

In this video, Dr. Tongaonkar explaining the important points that should be taken care while doing open hernia surgery using  LDPE mesh.