Indore doctors perform life-saving surgery on Uzbek woman:Remove 40% damaged lung; patient returns to her country in high spirits

A 70-year-old woman from Uzbekistan, suffering from breathing difficulties for a year and a half, was sent to Indore due to the lack of advanced surgical facilities in her country. Her complex 5-hour surgery involved removing the tumor along with the lung, then separating the tumor and 40% of the damaged lung, and reconnecting the remaining 60% healthy lung to the windpipe. Recovery was rapid, and six days later, she was discharged, singing and dancing, before returning to her country. Alla Simronova was referred to Choithram Hospital in Indore by Dr. Farid Khan (Nephrologist), Director of Tibb Health Care Nephro Medicare in Uzbekistan. For this, the local coordinator there, Parvez Khan, facilitated the medical visa and other documentation processes between India and Uzbekistan and brought her to Indore. Malignancy detected in laparoscopic examination Interventional pulmonologist Dr. Gaurav Gupta stated that a laparoscopic examination revealed a large, rapidly growing tumor in the woman’s left lung. Complete removal of every part of the tumor was necessary to prevent recurrence. The tumor had blocked one lung’s airway, causing severe breathing difficulties and requiring immediate surgery. With the patient’s consent, the operation was performed on December 18. Surgery lasted 5 hours, risk of bleeding First such surgery in Central India
Such surgeries are performed in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai in the country. This surgery, performed in Indore is the first such surgery in Central India. The special thing about it was that the patient was a 70-year-old elderly foreign national. The doctors there and this patient trusted India’s treatment and got this surgery done in Indore. Uzbekistan’s medical science is different
The woman’s coordinator, Parvez Khan, said that she had been suffering from breathing difficulties for a year and a half. After the situation regarding surgery in Indore became clear, the patient was brought through coordination between India and Uzbekistan. For this, medical visa and other documentation processes were completed. Indigo flight had to be arranged
Anil Kumar Lakhani, Deputy Director of Choithram Hospital, said, On the day Dr. Manjunath Bale was supposed to come to Indore for the surgery, an Indigo flight was arranged with great difficulty. However, with the efforts of the entire team, the patient’s surgery was successful. She was discharged on December 24 and left. Team gave new life to foreign woman
This surgery was performed by a team led by Dr. Sunil Chandiwal (Director) from Hyderabad, including Dr. Manjunath Bale (Robotic and Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgeon), Dr. Gaurav Gupta (Interventional Pulmonologist), Dr. Sandeep Rathore (Minimal Invasive GIL Laparoscopic Surgeon), Dr. Rajesh Patidar (Medical Oncologist), Dr. Rajendra Anjane (Radiation Oncologist), and Dr. Deepak Khetan from the hospital. The surgery lasted for five hours.