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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Centre sanctions additional 4.68 lakh houses for poor people in Karnataka: Union Minister Chauhan
Bengaluru (PTI): Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan on Saturday said the Centre has sanctioned an additional 4.68 lakh houses for the people from the economically weaker sections in Karnataka.
This is apart from the 2.57 lakh houses sanctioned by the Centre originally, Chauhan, who holds rural development, agriculture and farmers' Welfare portfolio, told reporters here.
The Minister said he had a meeting with Karnataka rural development, revenue and agriculture ministers this morning.
After Narendra Modi took oath as the Prime Minister for the third term, he sanctioned 2.57 lakh houses in September as part of his commitment to provide a 'Pucca' house for every poor family of the state and released grants for it, he said.
"Now we have decided to increase the target and, in all, we have sanctioned 4.68 lakh additional houses. For BJP, serving poor is the worship of God," the Minister said.
Chauhan appealed to the Karnataka government to complete the housing project at the earliest. Under the Border Area Development Scheme Rs 97 crore will be released for Karnataka, the Minister said adding that the Centre also agreed to release additional grants for the mechanization scheme in the agriculture department.
The Centre has also sanctioned additional staff under the Agriculture Technology Management Agency (ATMA) scheme.
Chauhan said, "I appeal to the state government to utilise these funds on time and send us the Utilisation Certificate."
When asked about Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's allegation about unjust and unequal distribution of funds by the Centre, he said, "I have brought funds to Karnataka. There are two types of politics. One is the politics of blame game and second is politics of development and public welfare. The BJP believes in the second one."
