The Sahyadri Speciality Pacific Hospital Limited in Fiji is targeting to conduct 40 open heart surgeries and 15 joint replacement surgeries next month.
This was highlighted by the hospital Director Manu Munibhargav who says that the open heart surgeries will be conducted at the CWM hospital from the 15th of May and will go on for two weeks while the joint replacement surgery will be held at the Lautoka hospital for one week and will also start from the 15th of May.
Munibhargav says they have been able to perform these surgeries in Fiji for a much cheaper cost because of a joint venture with the Fijian government.
He says the cost of the open heart surgery when performed in Fiji is just about $25,000 while overseas the cost treatment cannot be less than $50,000.
Munibhargav says in Fiji a patient can pay only $20,000 because presently the policy is that government can assist by paying $5,000.
He says they have also assisted 20 to 25 overseas patients.
The Director says they are also working with overseas donors particularly New Zealand to provide assistance to the needy patients where the patients are unable to come out with the total cost of the surgery.
