From: "Gabe Menezes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Could some one kindly please post a more detailed article on the operation > performed at the Hospital. Was the English lady suffering from an accident > which crushed her vertebrae ? Also the phone # and address of the Apollo > hospital would be appreciated. This is for some one who desperately needs to > get in touch with them.
======================================== Folks, I am forwarding a copy of this message to GoaNet in the hope that others may correct any mistakes I make as well as provide additional information as I have not been able to find the phone number. Also, I am interested to know if there is a link with this hospital and Victor Albuquerque's hospital, Apollo Victor. 1. ABOUT THE HOSPITAL: a. From Navhind Times 6 May 2003: Goa is now a destination for total knee-joint replacement. A team of Goan doctors led by Dr Joel Coutinho performs the surgery at the Apollo Nusi Hospital in Cuncolim b. The Goa Messenger (Nov 2003) has more substantial information. Excerpt: �The brain child of the late Dr. Leo Barnes, The Apollo NUSI Hospital at Cuncolim, easily one of the best medical set-ups available to Goans, has completed two years of excellent service in health care.� For full text se: http://www.goamessenger.com/anniv/Mspkb1103.htm 2. ABOUT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER. The hospital was apparently opened in 2001 but it does not feature in the Sept. 2002 BSNL CD telephone Directory or in the 2003-4 Goa Yellow Pages (Goa Info Services). The relevant section of the http://www.goatelecom.net/dirsearch3.php is down as usual! However, another Centre for such operations, which I visited in Jan. this year, is KLES at Belgaum, tel 0831-2473777 2. ABOUT THE OPERATION; a. Joel Newsclips 22 Feb: UK PATIENT'S BACK HEALED IN 9-HOUR SURGERY: In what could be described as a path-breaking orthopaedic surgical procedure in the State, a team of senior surgeons and anaesthetists successfully conducted a major spinal surgery on Carol Killinary, a 63-year-old UK national, at the Apollo NUSI Hospitals and Research Centre, Cuncolim, recently. An earlier surgery conducted two years ago in the United Kingdom on Carol to solve the same problem, was not of much help. The grueling 9-hour surgery enabled her to turn around on her hospital bed the very next day, something she was unable to do for the major portion of the last two years. Bismark Martins, the CEO of Apollo NUSI, stated that while the surgery performed would cost the UK patient 15,000 pounds almost Rs.12 lakh in Indian currency, the same was carried out at just Rs.2.5 lakh. (WE-GT) b. After reading the clip I had written to Gomantak Times for the full text and received this: Apollo-NUSI docs fix UK patient's back in grueling nine-hour surgery Our Staff Reporter MARGAO: In what could be described as a path-breaking orthopaedic surgical procedure in the state, a team of senior surgeons and anaesthetists successfully conducted a major spinal surgery on a 63-year-old UK national, at the Apollo NUSI Hospitals and Research Centre, Cuncolim recently. According to Apollo NUSI Hospitals and Research Centre, chief executive officer Bismark Martins, the case involved a patient, Carol Killinary from UK with severe pain and restrictive movement, who was not able to walk unaided, sit or even sleep. An earlier surgery conducted two years ago in the United Kingdom on Carol to solve the same problem, was not of much help. The grueling nine-hour surgery enabled her to turn around on her hospital bed the very next day, something she was unable to do for the major portion of the last two years. Explaining further, Martins said that the procedure was conducted to achieve �global� stabilization of two adjacent vertebrae, after clearing the entire disc space of remnants from the previous surgery. Two expandable spinal implants or spinal cages were inserted into vertebral disc space whilst taking care not to damage the spinal cord or other sensitive organs around the vertebrae, thus obtaining a global fusion and stability. The cages were supplemented by bone graft. To complete procedure reticular screws and rods were inserted. Martins stated that while the surgery performed would cost the UK patient 15,000 pounds almost Rs 12 lakh in Indian currency, the same was carried out at just Rs 2.5 lakh. Apollo NUSI Hospitals has been at forefront of pioneering surgical procedures in Goa. It may be recalled that a team of doctors, all of who are surgeons, carried out a total knee joint replacement. Besides this, a variety of innovative laparoscopic procedures, never done in Goa, such as Fundo Plication and endoscopic surgery for varicose veins have been conducted at the hospital last year. The Urology department of the hospital has been recently approved for Mediclaim Scheme by the Goa government. Martins informed that the present 32- bed hospital would be expanded to 75-bed with expansion works beginning in March this year. He also said that CT Scan facilities would be soon made available to patients. Cheers, Eddie Fernandes ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
