I feel honored to have been Zelio's neighbour and to have seen him grow from an extremely sweet child into not just a famous doctor but such a fine man. With his accomplishments it is not easy to remain so unassuming, but that is precisely his humility that places him in the ranks of the truly great!
My late Dad was very proud of him and would talk about his achievements as if he were his own son... Jenny -----Original Message----- From: Frederick Noronha [फ़र ेदरिक नोर ोनया] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Saligao Net <[email protected]> Sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 1:56 pm Subject: [SALIGAONET] SALIGAOKARSinTHEnews: GMC doctor achieves rare feat ... performs gender-specific total knee replacement surgery NT Staff Reporter, Panaji Aug 18 A team of orthopedic surgeons headed by Dr Zelio D'Mello [of Sonarbhat, Saligao], an associate professor at the orthopedics department, Goa Medical College hospital, has for the first time anywhere in the state, performed gender-specific total knee replacement on a female patient suffering from arthritis of the knee joint. This is the latest version of the knee joint replacement which is used only for female patients. The anatomy of the knee joint in females is different from that of males, and hence the need for a separate knee joint for females was conceived, informed Dr Zelio. This knee joint helps the patient game more amount of knee bending and enables easy and painless mobility of the knee, he added. Dr D'Mello and his team have been performing knee and hip joint surgeries for the last four years with an excellent track record in over hundred cases. Dr Shaila Kamat, associate professor, Department of Anesthesia, is the consultant anesthetist for these operations. The Goa Doordarshan TV had earlier telecast a knee replacement surgery performed by Dr D'Mello. This has been appreciated by many viewers and has even benefited the less-priviledged patients suffering from arthritis who have been made aware of the government's support in providing free joints to the needy patients under the Mediclaim scheme. (ENDS) -- Frederick Noronha Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] P: +91-832-2409490 M: +91-9970157402 Yahoo: fredericknoronha Skype: fredericknoronha GTalk: fredericknoronha 784, Sonarbhat, Near Lourdes Convent, Saligao 403511 Goa India _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.
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