Guntur: Minister for medical and health K. Srinivas is the first minister to undergo treatment in a government hospital in the residuary AP state. The doctors successfully performed total knee surgery to Mr Srinivas at GGH in Guntur on Friday morning. The total knee replacement surgery to the minister was started at 8 am and completed at 9.40 am by a team of specialist doctors. Dr. M. Prashant head of orthopedic, GGH with famous orthopedic surgeon of CARE Hospital, Dr. B.V. Prasad and famous joint replacement surgeon of Sai Bhaskar, Multispecialty Hospital, Guntur, Dr. Busireddy Narendar Reddy performed the surgery to minister.
Briefing media after the surgery, GGH superintendent Dr. D.S. Raju Naidu and Dr Prashant said that the surgery was grand success which boosted the morale of hospital doctors and also increase confidence among common people about getting good treatment in government hospitals. They added that the health of the minister is stable and he spoke with the doctors after the surgery. They added that the minister will be discharged from GGH after three days.
BJP MP Gokaraju Gangaraju visited GGH and inquired about the health of minister. He welcomed the decision of Mr Srinivas of undergoing treatment in GGH and announced that he also will take treatment in the government hospitals in the future. Agriculture minister P. Pulla Rao and Guntur collector Kantilal Dande visited GGH and talked with the minister through video facility and wished him of speedy recovery.
