Suraj P Kaisuvkar /TNN Ponda: Mumbai-based Goan neuro-spinal surgeon Dr Premanand S Ramani " has been honoured with a postage stamp. Not by India Post, but by Hungary's postal services, which has recognized his work of the past 22 years in that country. Speaking to TO! on Wednesday, Ramani said he considers this the highest recognition he has received. The surgeon said the Hungarian government released the stamp in appreciation of his services to the. country for the last 22 years. "They have been having consultations with me via email and phone for the last several years. Besides, a number of patients wait for me for treatment," Ramani said, adding that the stamp is a manner of the European nation demonstrating its trust in him. Ramani, a native of Talauli in Ponda, regularly organizes neurological camps in Goa to provide medical assistance and consultation to Goans. Besides the Hungarian stamp, Ramani has received awards from across the world for services to the medical field. Speaking on his achievements, Ramani said the British Association of Spinal Surgeons (BASS) recently felicitated him during its annual conference in Edinburgh and presented him with an association neck tie. Ramani also delivered a lecture on the occasion on "Developments of neurospinal surgery in India", and BASS conferred on him its honorary membership, . Ramani says a major recognition to his services came in 2008, when Indonesia's Cirebon city named the operation theater building of its largest hospital after him. Besides this, Ramani has received several awards from Russia, Japan and Egypt. He is the only Asian to receive the Bucy Award 2010, a prestigious prize by USA.
(TOI, Goa 17/2/2011)
