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Edited by the Insidemoneytalk Editorial
Team on 17 April 2007
Oh what a knees up! BUPA Bushey surgery
trio join up in Eilat
Where does one go to recuperate after total knee replacement surgery? Eilat of course!
Well at least that's where Tony Abraham, 67, of Stanmore, Leslie Collin, 54, of Edgware and Mrs Vivian Feather, 55, of Finchley, chose to spend a few weeks soaking up the sun in the Red Sea resort following the recent successful surgery on their respective joints, by consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Mr Aresh Hashemi-Nejad, at the BUPA Hospital, Bushey By sheer coincidence all three stayed at the same Eilat hotel, the Royal Beach, and met up as they relaxed by the pool where they discovered the connection
This article was originally published on Insidemoneytalk on 28 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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It led to an impromptu knobbly knee contest taking place as the three showed off the souvenirs of their surgery.
Tony's wife, Ruth, 63, who works in BUPA Bushey's pathology department said: "We all saw the funny side of it".
"It was such an unbelievable coincidence and people at Bushey haven't stopped laughing since we told them".
"It was great PR for Aresh!" Ends Notes for Editors BUPA is the UK market leader in health and care with a strong international presence.
It has 8 million customers in 180 countries and 46,000 employees.
Its main interests are health insurance, hospitals, care homes for older people and young disabled, health assessments, workplace health and childcare services.
Sanitas in Spain, HBA in Australia, IHI in Denmark and AMEDEX in the US are all part of the BUPA Group.
BUPA reinvests all its surpluses back into the business.
The BUPA Foundation is an independent charity which funds medical research.
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