GREATEST CANCER SURVIVOR IN THE WORLD
Feb 9, 2024
For the
first time in India A supra major surgery done in a 9 year old child successfully at Yenepoya medical College by Dr. Jalaluddin
Akbar and his team by removing more than 40 cancer deposits in the lung in a
surgery that lasted 10 hours and with full recovery of the child by 9 days.
From 9th month of her life
she suffered from cancer in 4 different parts of the body, eye, thigh bone, Intestine
& lung. She was treated for eye cancer at Arvind hospital Madurai and
centre for sight Hyderabad at 9th month of age. For the bone tumor
in the thigh she was treated in Lake shore hospital Kochi & SVT hospital Trivandrum
in the year 2021.
In the Year 2022 she was treated in
Kochi for lung secondaries(Spread to the lung). In the year 2023 she was
treated for intestine cancer in Government college Trivandrum after which
patient was on treatment in Mythra Hospital Calicut, during this time she
developed again cancer with secondaries to the lung which needed further
surgery. So the patient management was taken up in national cancer grid for
discussion regarding further management which comprises of more than 250 hospitals
across India. It was in the discussion decided that the young girl needs to
undergo surgery to remove the cancer. Since it was a very complex and difficult
surgery the patient party was asked to consult Tata Memorial Hospital or Dr.
Jalaluddin Akbar in Mangalore. They preferred to come to Dr. Jalaluddin Akbar
in Mangalore. Doctors then discussed case again in Zulekha Yenepoya Institute
of Oncology tumor board. Then cancer surgery was decided to take place in Yenepoya
Medical College Hospital due to advanced infrastructure. Surgery lasted 10
hours and all tumors removed from lung along with two ribs, which is in the highest
so far removed in India. The surgery was successful and the child recovered in
9 days.
Surgical team comprised of Dr. Jalaluddin Akbar, Dr. Rohan Shetty, Dr. H T Amar Rao, Dr. Noor Mohammed under the able guidance of Dr. Vijayakumar M, Anesthesia team was headed by Dr. Thippeswamy, Dr. Sandesh from the Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Adarsh from Department of Pulmonology, Dr. Vineeth Intensivist were all involved in the management of the patient for speedy recovery.
Dr. Habib Rehman A A, Medical Superintendent of Yenepoya Medical College hospital were present in the press meet having said that Yenepoya Medical College Hospital and Zulekha Yenepoya Institute of Oncology performing these kind of rare surgery cases with help of fully advanced infrastructure and diagnostics services and facilities.
