Mangaluru: Kanachur Hospital performs rare surgery on boy to remove facial tumour
Mangaluru(Press Release): Kanachur Hospital and Research Centre here has successfully removed a face tumour measuring 14x18 sq in, through a rare surgery.
The surgery was performed on a 17-year-old boy from Koppa, Chikkamagaluru, who was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma.
Dr Ravi Varma K, consultant oncological surgeon of the hospital, said it is one of the rarest tumours seen in children and is usually treated using chemotherapy or radiation therapy. This type of chronic disease is seen in one in a million cases, and is less than 1% in India.
“The boy was diagnosed to have a rare cancer of the left maxilla, known as rhabdomyosarcoma, in 2017. Covid-19 hampered the treatment options for the child and his family. After various check-ups and hospital visits, the boy’s parents heard about the oncology set-up of Kanachur Hospital. This tumour didn’t respond to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and had to be operated upon, as the child was not able to drink, and was having difficulty in breathing,” Dr Varma said.
The boy was operated upon on February 22, under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (AB-ARK) scheme without any complication, and was discharged on the 18th day. Since this tumour was radiation and chemotherapy resistant, cryotherapy (liquid nitrogen) had to be used intra-operatively to reduce its recurrence.
“The boy is now breathing normally, and can chew soft meals, and is happy. The boy’s smile says it all,’’ he said.
Post-surgery, the child was fed using a naso-gastric tube, and successive follow-ups happened.
To encourage his food intake, a reconstructive surgery on the face was also performed, using a prosthesis under Dr Padmaraj Hegde, Dr Chetan and Dr Ravi Varma with the anaesthetist team of Dr Vincent Mathias and Dr Sambhram. This was funded entirely by the management of Kanachur Hospital and Research Centre, he said, adding that the case was initially discussed by the tumour board team of Kanachur Hospital, headed by him, Dr Guruprasad and Dr Najeeb, before performing the surgery.
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Misuse of power, money to control election mechanism seen during Maharashtra polls: Sharad Pawar
Pune (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed the misuse of power and money to control the entire election mechanism, which was never before seen in any state assembly or national polls, was witnessed in Maharashtra.
Pawar made the statement when he visited senior activist Dr Baba Adhav, who is protesting against the alleged "misuse of EVMs" in the recent state polls in Maharashtra.
Adhav, who is in his 90s, began his three-day protest at Phule Wada, the residence of social reformer Jyotiba Phule, in the city on Thursday.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), have been alleging manipulation of EVMs in the recently held Maharashtra Assembly elections, which saw a landslide victory by the Mahayuti.
The Mahayuti, comprising the Shiv Sena, BJP and NCP, won 230 out of 288 assembly seats in the November 20 polls, while the MVA managed just 46 seats.Talking to reporters, Pawar said elections were conducted recently in the country, and there is a restlessness among the people about these.
Baba Adhav's agitation represents this restlessness, he said.
He said, "There is a murmur among the people that the recent polls in Maharashtra saw 'misuse of power' and 'floods of money', which was never seen in the past. Such things are heard of in local-level polls, but taking over the entire election mechanism with the help of money and misuse of power was not seen before. However, we witnessed it in Maharashtra, and people are restless now."
He added that people were recalling late socialist ideologue Jaiprakash Narayan and felt somebody should take a step forward.
"I heard Baba Adhav has taken a lead into this issue and is agitating at Phule Wada. His protest gives hope to the people, but it is not enough. A mass revolt is necessary, as the danger of the parliamentary democracy getting destroyed looms," Pawar said.
The former Union minister said those who have reins of the country in their hands are least bothered about this.
"Despite widespread discussion over it (alleged misuse of EVMs) in the country, whenever the opposition tries to raise the issue in the Parliament, they are not allowed to speak. Opposition leaders have been seeking an opportunity to speak on these issues for six days, but their demands have not been accepted even once. It shows they want to attack parliamentary democracy," he claimed.
He said Dr Adhav's protest is a fine example of someone revolting against the issue and expressed confidence that his protest will create a ripple effect.
