Anwar offered surgery by local expert

comments     Arfaeza A Aziz     Published     Updated

Jailed ex-deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has two weeks to consider the option of undergoing a spinal disc replacement surgery at a government hospital in Selangor.

His wife and Keadilan president Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said yesterday a panel of orthopaedic specialists headed by Dr Selva Kumar from Universiti Putra Malaysia have offered to conduct the surgery.

The operation will involve the replacement of the affected disc with a titanium one.

Anwar was informed of the option when he went to Hospital Kuala Lumpur to undergo a check-up yesterday. He was accompanied by his wife and other family members.

Meanwhile, Wan Azizah told malaysiakini that family members will discuss the option before a final decision is made as it is a major operation that involves general anaesthetic.

"Although they say that the surgery is 99 percent safe, there is nothing to say that things will not go wrong.

"Even the risk is only one percent, if it happens to Anwar, he would be 100 percent affected," she said.

However, she stressed that the family will consider the option seriously as Anwar's condition was chronic.

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