 My name is Violet Piri. I'm from Zangia. I'm a sicko cell patient. Sicko cell is a disease which is a blood disorder. My blood is not normal like any other person. My red blood cells are sicko-shaped. Hence, I have a disease called sicko cell. I was born with it and it's a very, very painful disease when you're in a crisis. And it brings a lot of complications as you grow. Most sicklers don't grow to a certain age, but I've been one of the lucky ones who have grown to this stage which I am at now. My experience has been a lot of complications. For example, I had the vascular necrosis of the shoulder and the vascular necrosis of my hip. I first experienced vascular necrosis of the hip in 2007. That's why I thought the first pain and that pain gradually grew. But I thought it was one of those things where the pain would go. But with time, it grew and grew and grew. And then I had to go and see my doctor. And then my doctor with X-rays and stuff, he said I had developed a vascular necrosis of the hip. Unfortunately, once you get a vascular necrosis, you can't treat it. It's irreversible. So the only option I had was to do surgery. At that time, I was in pain. I can't even describe it. Eventually, we raised money and then I had surgery in 2009 at the Italian orthopedic hospital in my country, which is Dania. The operation was a success. And I was told it would last me for about eight to four years. Unfortunately, in my case, the prosthesis loosened up after three years. So I went back to the hospital and then I was told that they couldn't do a revision because they didn't have the facility. So which was a very... I mean, I lost hope at that time because I had no idea that in other countries it can be possible. So anyway, I lived with the pain when my first prosthesis loosened up for another three years, I think. And I became so lame. My working was very, very lame because of the pain. Eventually, I spoke out to the world wishes who really helped me. And my sister, who's also a Sincla, she lives in the United States. She has a personal doctor. I can't remember his name, but she's the doctor. My sister's doctor is the one who recommended Dr. Chakrabati. Because at the time when we raised some funds, we were looking at a lot of doctors. My doctor had recommended a doctor from Mumbai. Mumbai? Yeah, I think Mumbai. There were two doctors, one from Mumbai and the other one from New Delhi. And then my sister's doctor in the States recommended Dr. Chakrabati. So what we did was we asked for a treatment plan for the three doctors. And Dr. Chakrabati was number one because the way he explained the treatment plan made sense. Though it was a little bit higher, the cost was higher, but the treatment plan was perfect. So that's how I got to know about Dr. Chakrabati and got to know about Manipura and I got to know about Bangalore. We had no idea that there was such a place in India called Bangalore or Manipura. But the treatment plan in Mumbai and Delhi, though it was cheaper, but it was not as good as the one here at Manipura. So we came to India for the treatment and we were picked up at the airport. The hospital arranged a transport to be picked up from the airport and then the accommodation was arranged for us. Just two minutes walk from the hotel to the hospital and that's when we started the treatment. What really impressed me most that is when I met Dr. Chakrabati and then I told him about my health. The most important thing was I had to see four other doctors just to make sure that every aspect of my board was checked out. So for the best time I told ECG which I was scared to do ECG because I thought it was electricity. I saw four other doctors before we could go into the surgery, the revision surgery. So I did the hip revision surgery on the 3rd of July and it was a success. And the healing was tremendous, quick, quick. And after that I did my shoulder surgery also because also my cartilage was wearing out. I had a vascular necrosis of the shoulder as well. I want to talk about the staff. When you come to Manipur the first thing you are greeted by people at the entrance who are going to ask you which department you are going to and then there will be somebody to assist you to take you to wherever you are going. That's very, very, very good. And the staff was amazing, very friendly. We had a good time. We were throughout at home. We've been here three months and it's like we've only been here three weeks. So three months is a long time but time has flown and I'm now okay. I'm still working with the walker because I did a revision hip replacement. So it will take time before I can start working on my two feet. But otherwise everything is good. I'm happy and I highly, highly recommend other supercell patients to come to Manipur Hospital in Bangalore. And I get a treatment of heart. It's been 140%.