AIIMS Bhubaneswar conducts rare quadruple joint replacement surgery, PM Modi says Doctors Dexterity makes us proud
Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised the effort of AIIMS Bhubaneswar doctors for doing the first-ever quadruple joint replacement surgery on a 37-year-old crippled patient of Odisha.
"Compliments to our doctors for always being at the forefront of innovation and embracing new changes in the medical world. Their dexterity makes us proud!" Modi said in a tweet on Monday.
Earlier, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also appreciated the medical institute for successfully conducting the rare surgery.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar executive director Ashutosh Biswas expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister Modi, Mandaviya and Pradhan for their inspiring words.
The surgery was conducted on a 37-year-old female patient from Aul block of Kendrapara district. She was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar with a severely painful arthritic knee and hip joints of both sides.
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