THE assistance of some of our medical professionals during surgeries by a visiting team from India has been acknowledged and applauded by the visitors.

Team leader from the Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital (SSSSH), India, pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Asihish Katewa thanked the support staff members from the Colonial War Memorial Hospital (CWMH) and said he was pleased with their assistance.

“We are honoured to be here and there is a sense of accomplishment,” Dr Katewa said.

Assistant Minister for Health Veena Bhatnagar was pleased with the positive feedback from the team of pediatric cardiac surgeons.

Ms Bhatnagar met with the team during her visit to the CWMH in Suva, yesterday.

“The efforts, services and support system of our local staff have been highly commended by the team of surgeons who are conducting these surgeries,” she said.

Ms Bhatnagar said the local surgeons and nurses worked and assisted the specialist team and also learnt as much as they could from them.

“Thank you for appreciating my staff also for talking very highly of the local support team here and also for teaching them some of your skills.”

She also thanked them for the tremendous contribution and free of charge medical assistance services they had been carrying out in Fiji.