Siloam to open new center

Siloam to open new center

JAKARTA (JP): Siloam Gleneagles Hospital in Lippo Karawaci,
Tangerang will open a heart, lung and vascular center soon.

The hospital's public relations manager, Lidia Winarto, said
that the center's opening will include an international
conference and transfer of knowledge for enlarged heart reduction
surgery to Indonesian doctors.

"The conference will feature a live demonstration of 'the
Batista procedure' for patients with enlarged and failing
hearts," Lidia said in a statement.

She said the operation involves removing a piece of living
heart muscle from an enlarged heart and sewing the remaining
heart together.

The hospital is the first joint venture hospital in the
country which involves foreign investment. (ste)