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Female knee replacements for Nigerian in Chennai

Thursday, 27 December 2007

A Nigerian lady with windswept deformities due to osteoarthritis got a new pair of knees, thanks to state of the art Minimally invasive, High flex gender specific knee replacements in Chennai.

Orthopedic surgeon Knee replacement specialist Dr.A.K.Venkatachalam of www.kneeindia.com performed the bilateral surgery over two sessions at a private hospital in Chennai.

African citizens find in India lots of value for medical services like Orthopaedic surgery, General surgery, cosmetic surgery and Urology.

Hospitals in Africa do not provide high quality treatment and this drives patients to India.

The woman Eunice, a mother of 70 years was unable to concentrate on her business due to the arthritis. She was unable to concentrate on her textile business and was becoming home bound.

Her son located Dr.Venkatachalam by another friend's reference and sent his mother to India with his sister Franca.

While her mother was recuperating from the bilateral knee operations, Franca got dental and opthalmic treatment on the side. She is confident that her mother who is under post oeprative care will be able to walk out by this month end.

The operation cost about 1. 75 lakhs in Chennai against 6500 US dollars in other Indian hospitals.

They are highly appreciative of the hospital services and will be returning home by the month end.

source: http://www.healthnews-stat.com

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