Free brain operations for the poor

Fri, 19 Oct 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

TANGERANG: Since its establishment last February, Siloam
Gleneagles Hospital-based National Brain Foundation here has
given free brain surgery to 51 poor patients, a foundation
executive told the media on Tuesday.

The foundation chairman Dr. Eka Julianto Wahjoepramono said
the most recent operation was given to two-year-old Dilla Novita,
a daughter of a poor couple Edi Junaedi, 23, and Ela Melasari,
19, who live in Sangerang village, Cipondoh district, Tangerang.

Eka who led the team of surgeons on Oct. 8 said such a free
operation was made possible in cooperation with Lippo Karawaci
and Lippo Karawaci Blood Donors Club.

He added that the foundation offers financial assistance to
any poor patients after a screening test to determine their
eligibility.--JP

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