Mangaluru: A rare cancer surgery at Indiana Hospital sees a toddler smile again
Mangaluru – (Press releasse) A rare cancer surgery in performed by a multi-disciplinary team at the Indiana Hospital & Heart Institute here salvaged the limb of a 7-year old afflicted with osteosarcoma, a cancerous tumour in the bone. It was a rare operation as in normal circumstances, doctors would have felt it safer to amputate the child’s arm to save his life.
The patient who was admitted to Indiana Hospital a few days ago, had been diagnosed with high grade osteosarcoma, a primary bone cancer, that had affected his entire arm bone causing persistent pain, rapidly growing swelling and loss of function of the arm, giving him sleepless nights.
After initially subjecting him to chemotherapy for 10 weeks, Dr Navneet Kamath, Orthopedic oncologist at Indiana decided to go for the surgery. The patient’s entire arm bone and shoulder were detached and the tumour cells were removed using liquid oxygen (cryotherapy), and then the bone was re-implanted back onto the body. The successful operation lasted 10 hours.
In most cases, the limb would have had to be amputated as re-implanting would have been a near-impossible task. But Dr Navneet Kamath and team at Indiana Hospital took it as a challenge, and once again proved that the hospital is fully equipped to perform such rare surgeries successfully.
According to Dr. Navneeth, such complicated limb salvaging onco surgeries are usually performed only in metros and big cities, but Indiana has demonstrated that this can be done in two-tier cities like Mangalore as well.
“With this achievement, Mangalore has now become a tertiary medical hub for very rarely-performed oncology surgeries”, Dr. Yusuf Kumble, managing director, Indiana Hospital, said.
Adds Dr Navneeth: “Orthopaedic onco surgery on this part of the body is challenging because of the complex anatomy. In this particular case, complete removal of the tumour as well as saving the limb was taken up as a challenge, and we performed as a team, working towards a common goal of providing the patient the best possible service. People afflicted with bone and soft tissue cancers, if diagnosed and treated early, can be saved. Dedicated orthopaedic oncological surgical procedure can save even patients whose bone and soft tissues are afflicted with 80-90% cancer cells.” Besides Dr. Navneeth Kamat (Orthopaedic Onco-surgeon), the team included Dr. Jalaluddin (Orthopaedic surgeon), Dr. Nikhil and Dr. Harish (Anaesthetists), and Dr. Vasudev Bhat and Dr. Kalashekar (Paediatric Oncologists).
The Department of Surgical Oncology at Indiana Hospital performs all major and supra-major cancer surgeries, providing cancer patients in the region a ray of hope.
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Cong takes swipe at PM over India not being part of US-led 'Pax Silica' grouping
New Delh (PTI) The Congress on Saturday said it is perhaps not very surprising that India is not part of a US-led strategic initiative to build a secure silicon supply chain, given the "sharp downturn" in the Trump-Modi ties, and asserted that it would have been to "our advantage if we had been part of this group".
Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the news of India not being part of the group comes after the PM had enthusiastically posted on social media about a telephone call with his "once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC".
In a lengthy post on X, Ramesh said, "According to some news reports, the US has excluded India from a nine-nation initiative it has launched to reduce Chinese control on high-tech supply chains. The agreement is called Pax Silica, clearly as a counter to Pax Sinica. The nations included (for the moment at least) are the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia."
"Given the sharp downturn in the Trump-Modi ties since May 10th, 2025, it is perhaps not very surprising that India has not been included. Undoubtedly, it would have been to our advantage if we had been part of this group."
"This news comes a day after the PM had enthusiastically posted on his telephone call with his once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC," the Congress leader asserted.
The new US-led strategic initiative, rooted in deep cooperation with trusted allies, has been launched to build a secure and innovation-driven silicon supply chain.
According to the US State Department, the initiative called 'Pax Silica' aims to reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to artificial intelligence (AI), and ensure aligned nations can develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale.
The initiative includes Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. With the exception of India, all other QUAD countries -- Japan, Australia and the US -- are part of the new initiative.
New Delhi will host the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19-20, focusing on the principles of 'People, Planet, and Progress'. The summit, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the France AI Action Summit, will be the first-ever global AI summit hosted in the Global South.
Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump on Thursday discussed ways to sustain momentum in the bilateral economic partnership in a phone conversation amid signs of the two sides inching closer to firming up a much-awaited trade deal.
The phone call between the two leaders came on a day Indian and American negotiators concluded two-day talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement that is expected to provide relief to India from the Trump administration's whopping 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods.
In a social media post, Modi had described the conversation as "warm and engaging".
"We reviewed the progress in our bilateral relations and discussed regional and international developments. India and the US will continue to work together for global peace, stability and prosperity," Modi had said without making any reference to trade ties.
