Shija conducts knee-replacement surgery on Myanmar patient
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, September 21 2022: Shija Hospitals and Research Institute, Langol has successfully conducted bilateral knee-replacement surgery on an international patient aged 69 years.

According to Shija hospital managing director cum chairman Kh Palin, the hospital had successfully conducted many knee surgeries in the past but it was the first time that bilateral knee-replacement surgery was conducted successfully on patient who came from Myanmar.

Addressing media persons on Wednesday, Kh Palin said that the aged patient from Myanmar decided to conduct the surgery at Shija instead of hospitals in developed countries of South Asia and this indeed is a proud moment for the hospital as well as for the state.

He said that the patient from Myanmar came to Shija hospital on September 12 and bilateral knee replacement surgery on the patient was conducted on September 16 by a team of doctors led by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Iboyaima Phuritsabam.

The surgery took three hours and the patient is now able to move and stand alone and would be discharged after a week, he said.

According to Kh Palin, the cost of knee replacement surgery at Shija is very cheap compared to hospitals in Bangkok and Singapore in South Asia.

Many patients from Myanmar had undergone treatment successfully at Shija hospital in the past and their trust on the hospital draws more patients from the country and this indeed is a sign of high potential for medical tourism in Manipur, he added.

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