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Indian doctors' gift to Pak patient a pain-free life
Stella Monica from Pakistan at Fortis Hospital in Mohali. Tribune photo: vicky gharu
Doctors at Fortis Hospital performed a technically advanced hip replacement surgery on a Pakistani woman patient to give her the biggest gift of her life -- a life without pain.
The doctors used a specialised implant known as "solution uncemented hip" to treat 54-year-old Lahore resident and a nurse, Stella Monica, whose bones in the hip area had become brittle due to prolonged back pain after an accident 37 years ago.
There is no pain now, said an elated Stella, who had come to India for a second opinion. I had an accident when I was 13 years old and ever since, severe pain had become a part of my existence, she said.
Stella had undergone a surgery called valgus osteotomy in Pakistan, but it had destroyed the normal anatomy of her hip joint, resulting in complications, said Dr Harsimran Singh, senior consultant at the department of orthopaedics and joint replacement at the hospital.
He said due to some technical difficulties, she was refused surgery by some of the leading hospitals in Pakistan.
We found that there was an immediate need for a special surgery in her case. Now, she is absolutely fine, he said.
Stella, who claimed that she faced difficulties in getting a visa, said that her stay in India was blissful. Apart from getting rid of my pain, I have also made many friends here. I never felt like I was in another country. I think that this town has become my second home, she said.
Stella had come here as an attendant to her niece who had been successfully operated upon for a heart problem in the hospital.
Stella Monica from Pakistan at Fortis Hospital in Mohali. Tribune photo: vicky gharu
Doctors at Fortis Hospital performed a technically advanced hip replacement surgery on a Pakistani woman patient to give her the biggest gift of her life -- a life without pain.
The doctors used a specialised implant known as "solution uncemented hip" to treat 54-year-old Lahore resident and a nurse, Stella Monica, whose bones in the hip area had become brittle due to prolonged back pain after an accident 37 years ago.
There is no pain now, said an elated Stella, who had come to India for a second opinion. I had an accident when I was 13 years old and ever since, severe pain had become a part of my existence, she said.
Stella had undergone a surgery called valgus osteotomy in Pakistan, but it had destroyed the normal anatomy of her hip joint, resulting in complications, said Dr Harsimran Singh, senior consultant at the department of orthopaedics and joint replacement at the hospital.
He said due to some technical difficulties, she was refused surgery by some of the leading hospitals in Pakistan.
We found that there was an immediate need for a special surgery in her case. Now, she is absolutely fine, he said.
Stella, who claimed that she faced difficulties in getting a visa, said that her stay in India was blissful. Apart from getting rid of my pain, I have also made many friends here. I never felt like I was in another country. I think that this town has become my second home, she said.
Stella had come here as an attendant to her niece who had been successfully operated upon for a heart problem in the hospital.
