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India-Pakistan
Fifth surgery for Geelani
2008-10-16
Hardline separatist leader and chairman of Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Shah Geelani, spearheading the recent unrest in Kashmir, was operated upon successfully for replacement of heart pace-maker in New Delhi's Escorts Hospital on Tuesday.

This was Geelani's fifth successful surgery in the last 12 years. Seventy-nine-year-old Geelani's kidney as well as gall bladder has been removed in two separate surgeries. He underwent a surgery during his incarceration in Ranchi jail in 2002.

In 2007, half of his lone kidney was removed after it developed malignancy. Though he was granted permission by the Central government to visit the US for specialised treatment, the US Embassy refused him visa "for supporting militancy" in Kashmir.

In the recent weeks, the hardline separatist leader developed complicacy as his pace-maker, implanted on 1997, was nearing expiry. He is also suffering from bronchitis.
I love the irony: a man who would take Kashmir straight back to the seventh century, with all the wonderous medical care that century was known for, has had cancer surgery, gall bladder surgery, a pacemaker, and cardiac surgery in the land of his mortal enemy, the Hindoos. I'm just betting that it was a Hindu surgeon and surgical team each time, and if it was a Muslim surgeon, said surgeon has made his peace to live in a multi-cultural society.
Posted by:john frum

#3  They had this useless piece of dung in surgery and he survived ???
Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700   2008-10-16 11:43  

#2  They would have given up trying on any of us. But for a murderous scourge.....
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-10-16 07:23  

#1  All medical bills taken care of by the Indian government.

He has a security team, paid for by the Indian government.

Most of these 'kashmiri seperatists' have children living in other parts of India (no riots, strikes etc to disrupt their lives), all university educated, with the Indian taxpayer picking up the bill.
Posted by: john frum   2008-10-16 06:59  

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