• Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha was back at his “old workplace”.
• He was doing dental surgery on a 10-year-old kid at Tripura Medical College.
• Saha said there was no difficulty in performing the surgery after a long break.

Manik Saha, Tripura Chief Minister, was back at his “old workplace” on Wednesday, doing dental surgery on a 10-year-old kid at Tripura Medical College in Hapania. The chief minister tweeted photographs of the surgery, saying, “Happy to undertake a surgery for Oral Cystic Lesion of 10-year-old Akshit Ghosh at my former workplace Tripura Medical College.”

Before joining mainstream politics, Saha used to teach at Tripura Medical College.

Happy to conduct a surgery for Oral Cystic Lesion of 10-year-old Akshit Ghosh at my old workplace Tripura Medical College.

There was no difficulty in performing the surgery though it was after a long gap. The patient is in good condition now. pic.twitter.com/GfzZ4CeVVD

— Prof.(Dr.) Manik Saha (@DrManikSaha2) January 11, 2023

Saha added that there was no difficulty in performing the surgery after a long break. “There was no difficulty in performing the surgery though it was after a long gap. The patient is in good condition now,” he tweeted.

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The chief minister entered the hospital around 9am and came out from the operation theatre with a smile after half an hour. He was assisted by Dr Amit Lal Goswami, Dr Puja Debnath, Dr Rudra Prasad Chakrabarty of Dental Surgery and Maxilla Facial Surgery department. Dr Smita Paul, Dr Kanchan Das, Dr Sharmishtha Banik Sen, and Dr Baishali Saha were also part of the medical team.

Saha became the chief minister of the north-eastern state in May 2022 after then chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigned. Saha joined the BJP in 2016 after quitting the Congress and became the state BJP president in 2020.