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A FIJI private hospital has achieved unprecedented success in carrying out Fiji’s first-ever quadruple graft heart bypass surgery without a single drop of blood transfusion.

The six-hour procedure, conducted by the patient’s Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs, followed months of planning and consultations between the patient, the management of Nadi’s Pacific Specialist Healthcare Hospital and a specialist team.

The surgery was led by cardiology surgeon Dr Sanjeev Khulbey. Dr Khulbey has 36 years of experience under his belt.

Hospital founder and CEO Parvish Kumar said the hospital is now well-equipped and ready to receive members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation for any medical treatment they may require.

A team of highly qualified specialists carried out the complex and delicate procedure successfully at the Pacific Specialist Healthcare Hospital (PSH) which is a 100-bed state-of-the-art hospital based right opposite the Nadi International Airport in Legalega.

The quadruple graft bypass surgery, which was all this while unheard of in Fiji, was a result of months of planning and consultations between the patient and the hospital management and specialist team.

The surgery, which was led by cardiology surgeon Dr Sanjeev Khulbey who has thirty-years of experience up his sleeves, was carried out on Monday January 13 within a duration of six-hours.

“Since the patient who is now recovering extremely well belongs to the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation, the surgery was done without the use of a single drop of blood transfusion,” Dr Khulbey said.

“Because of this special requirement of the patient, the team worked very cautiously ensuring there’s minimal loss of blood while carrying out the six-hour long surgery,” Dr Khulbey added.

Dr Khulbey said out of the four grafts, three were performed as the Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) which is a complex open-heart surgery that reroutes blood flow to the heart. It’s performed when coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart are blocked.

“The fourth graft required a coronary endarterectomy to be performed as one of the arteries was 100 per cent blocked with plaque which had to be removed through this delicate procedure before proceeding with the grafting process,” Dr Khulbey said.

PSH founder and chief executive officer Parvish Kumar said the hospital is now well-equipped and ready to receive members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation for any medical treatment they may require.

“This successful surgery led by Dr Sanjeev is a testament in itself that PSH respects the religious beliefs of every patient that enters our hospital to get well and we will strive to provide the best in service at all times,” Mr Kumar said.

Mr Kumar said the team of Cardio Thoracic specialists had carried out three back-to-back open-heart surgeries each day from Monday January 13 to Wednesday January 15 with a 100 per cent success rate while there were many patients who were currently at a review stage before proceeding with the option of carrying out surgical treatment procedures.

“Each procedure has been unique and challenging in its own right and our team managed the entire operations very professionally and to the best world standards in our newly developed state-of-the-art cardiology unit.

“There’s more exciting news coming for 2025 with the first one being that we now have a highly trained Consultant Interventional Cardiologist based fulltime in our Nadi hospital here in Legalega,” Mr Kumar informed.

He said the hospital management has great pleasure in introducing Dr Srikar Miryala who is one of the best in his field.

“He will now be based in-house and be available during emergency calls also. We have accommodated Dr Srikar near the hospital vicinity so that he will be able to attend to any emergency situations that come to us.

“PSH Nadi now operates 24/7 and patients are welcome to visit us any time of the day or night on any day of the week.”

Source: Fiji Times https://www.fijitimes.com.fj/no-blood-transfusion-operation-a-first-for-fiji/ 

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