Tanzanian Patient’s Story of Successful Vascular Surgery at Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India

Patient Name: Mrs. Teofrida Seri

Patient From: Tanzania

Condition Suffering From: Vascular Disease

Treatment/Procedure: Vascular Surgery

Doctor/Surgeon: Dr. Venugopal Balaji – Senior Consultant, Vascular Surgeon

Hospital: Apollo Hospital, Chennai

In what can be one of the most traumatic outcomes of a health condition, Mrs. Teofrida suffered from a Vascular disorder, which could be treated and sadly, she had to get her left leg amputated. Tanzania not being so developed in terms of healthcare facilities; she could not receive the timely cure. With passing days, she was trying to come to terms with this reality.

Little did she know that another tragic occurrence was yet to come. In what was detected to be another bout of Vascular disease, her right leg also badly suffered. There was a wound that was not healing and the damage it was causing to her right leg needed urgent attention. Petrified of losing the other leg too, she and her family started looking for a suitable treatment desperately. After losing her left leg, she didn’t have much hopes of getting treatment in her own country. This is when she heard about Apollo Hospital in Chennai, India, where such situations have been successfully handled.

On getting in touch with the hospital, she was aptly guided about the whole process and very soon she was in Chennai where she was referred to Dr. V. Balaji. With thorough training and extensive of working with acclaimed national and international hospitals for numerous years, Dr. Balaji has dealt with many complicated cases very fluently.

According to him, the wound on Mrs. Teofrida’s leg was quite major and it needed a major Vascular surgery. The patient and her family were informed the details of the procedure. Once everything was finalized, Dr. Balaji performed a Vascular Surgery on her right leg, in which he did a bypass starting from the Hip and almost till the foot. The procedure took almost six hours to be completed but it was a huge success. According to the surgeon, today it is possible to save such critical situations – all thanks to the advanced treatment technology and procedures and Apollo Hospital is home to all such advancements.

This, Dr. Balaji with his experience and expertise ensured that Mrs. Seri didn’t have to go through the trauma of amputation again. Not only this, Dr. Balaji also fitted an artificial limb for her left leg. In a few days of the surgery, the patient showed remarkable recovery, and the wound healed completely. Today, she can walk around and is extremely delighted that she did not have to lose her other leg. She does not have enough words to appreciate the efforts of Dr. Balaji and his team.

Thank you, 

 

 
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