Amritsar, November 1
Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan have one problem in common. Both find it difficult to bend their knees.
The Indian premier got it corrected by Dr Chitranjan Ranawat, a US-based doctor of Indian origin. The Pakistan Prime Minister, Mr Zaffarulah Khan Jamali, flew to Lahore on Thursday to show his aching knee to Dr Deepak Bhatia, Sharjah-based
pioneer of full flex implant surgery.
Dr Bhatia has suggested to Mr Khan that both his knees need treatment. For further treatment, Mr Bhatia requested the Pakistan Prime Minister to send his x-rays to Sharjah. Mr Jamali smiled and said he would do so provided he (Dr Bhatia) would not show the x-rays to Prime Minister Vajpayee.
Dr Bhatia said that in case the Prime Minister requested him to operate upon his knees in Pakistan he would do so. He said he was confident that Mr Jamali after the operation would not have any problem in bending his knees for the next 25 years.
Dr Bhatia is a son of chest specialist Dr J.L. Bhatia and nephew of former Union minister Mr R.L. Bhatia. He is here on a week-long vacation to meet his parents and friends, including former Governor of Punjab (Pakistan) Khawaja Tariq Ahmed Rahman. He visited Lahore on the invitation of Mr Rahman.
The orthopedic surgeon, trained in the Johns Hopkins University Hospital, USA, made Zimmer, an implant manufacturing company to prepare special knee implants for the people who generally sit cross legged or squat. Dr Bhatia said that he had already used this implant in 250 patients during past two years. Of these more than 100 were Indian and Pakistani nationals.
