Tammy Ostapovich is a student at the Vet College in Charlottetown. She had her spleen removed on June 16 and was home four days later for her birthday on June 20. One week later she worked out at the gym, and was able to resume her summer job.
This is a heavy operation, and when Dr. David Bannon removed Tammy’s spleen at Prince County Hospital using minimally invasive surgery it was a medical “first” for PEI.
“This operation was great for me,” said Tammy. “Dr. Bannon told me that most people would still be in the hospital if the surgery had been done the old way. Six weeks was the normal recovery time, and mine was just two weeks.”
Prince County Hospital is becoming a center of excellence for minimally invasive surgery on PEI.
