Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 13: First of its kind in the peripheral healthcare set-up, the doctors at Government Medical College (GMC) in North Kashmir’s Baramulla have conducted a rare head surgery involving a 2-year old girl who was suffering from a birth deformity leading to increased head size.
In this regard, the doctors from the Department of Neurosurgery, Surgery and Anaesthesia at GMC Baramulla carried out the ‘challenging’ surgery a few days ago while the patient named Hijab Zehra from Pattan village was monitored for few days and has been finally discharged.
“The surgery was conducted a few days ago and the patient was under observation; it was a first of its kind performed out of SKIMS and was quite challenging,” Dr Humaam Nissar of GMC Baramulla’s Neurosurgery Department who was a part of the surgery told Excelsior.
He said that the patient was losing vision and was not able to move due to the heavy weight of the head. In this regard, the doctors said, a complicated surgery ventriculoperitoneal shunt diverting brain CSF to the peritoneal cavity in the abdomen was performed which was aesthetically and surgically both challenging.
The patient was earlier admitted at SKIMS and SMHS, however, the family being financially poor did not afford it and the patient could not be treated well in time.
Dr Humaam said keeping in view the cost, everything was arranged at the hospital and the surgery was conducted free of cost, adding that the head of the patient was increasing and was weighing around 8-10 kgs.
“During the whole procedure the patient was provided all the surgical equipment including VP shunt and medication free of cost and was arranged by GMC Baramulla’s Department of Surgery and Anaesthesia,” the doctor said.
As of now, only the routine surgeries are being carried out GMC, Baramulla, however, the surgery of the patient in focus is being termed as maiden and rare.
“The surgery was successful and the patient has been discharged after effectively monitoring his condition,” he said.
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