Why Dast

According to a dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi and English, "dast" is the, "ability, power, means; aid, assistance; facility; dexterity, skill; acquisition, attainment."

It means: "To come to hand, to arrive; to be reached; to be obtained; to have in one's power, to be able."

It also means, "'Having healing in his hand,' an epithet of a physician who is successful in restoring his patients to health:--dast-talab, s.m. Begging; want:--dast-e-gaib, s.m. lit. 'The hidden hand'; a charm or incantation by means of which a hidden hand supplies one's healing.

Dast is ONE miraculous word that embodies hip resurfacing surgery, the return of the patient to his/her abilities through the skill of the surgeon, one's need for help, and the "healing hand" of the surgeon who performs the procedure! For us, it means "help ."