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Seven highly specialized doctors from India will conduct clinics at the Suva Private Hospital from today, offering services that aren’t readily available in Fiji.
The team includes a Neuro surgeon, a cardiac surgeon, a bariatric and gastrointestinal surgeon and urology and kidney transplant experts.
Suva Private Hospital Consultant Dr Vereniki Raiwalui says the team will evaluate patients and conduct tests which have been unavailable in Fiji.
“The expectations also that not only do they get special appraisals or assessments locally but also that we can also get intervention as well as therapy or surgical interventions either here or away.”
Managing Director of Medican Service Company Deepak Singh says surgeries provided by this team of doctors are affordable.
“Depending on the infrastructure, the price also changes for example, a baby would need an open heart surgery under 16 years old, we can facilitate that for $US4000 which is $7000 Fijian dollars at the Heart Command Centre. With the international accreditation, they use implants that is FTA approved and to the International standards and they have a track record to be able to last as long as they can.”
After initial assessments are done, the doctors will work to see how many patients will have surgeries here and how many need to travel to India.
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