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OHS achieves landmark in surgeries

Orthopaedic Hospital for Surgery (OHS) located at Old-market, Margao, has announced the completion of 50 hip & knee joint replacement surgeries in less than six months.


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Six of these cases have been on foreign nationals hailing from Ghana, Nigeria, UK and USA. OHS   
management has thanked Dr Ameya Velingker, partner at OHS and chief joint replacement surgeon for his contribution in this landmark achievement.   
OHS is South Goa’s only ‘A’ graded single specialty orthopaedic hospital under the Goa Government’s Deen Dayal Swasthya Seva Yojana (DDSSY) and offers hip and knee replacements free of cost under this scheme. OHS also extends its gratitude to the Goa government for introducing the DDSSY scheme, which has benefitted many Goans in getting treatment.   
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HC quashes FIR registered under Children’s Act

The High Court of Bombay at Goa allowed a criminal writ petition moved by a 38-year-old resident of Caranzalem, Priya Karekar, thereby quashing and setting aside an FIR registered against her by Panaji Police under Goa Children’s Act, 2003 for alleged child abuse.

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Published Feb 25, 2017, 7:12 PM IST
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the goan I networkPANAJIKarekar, on March 23, 2015 filed a complaint at Panaji police station alleging that unknown persons damaged the window glass of her bedroom by throwing stones from outside, thereby causing a loss to the tune of Rs 2,000.   On the same day, another resident of the neighbourhood, Sunita Shirodkar, filed a complaint at Panaji police station against Karekar alleging that she had called her minor son at her residence through the watchman, and had…

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