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Bangalore surgery: 'Pray for our daughter please'
November 06, 2007 16:54 IST
They wanted to build a temple for her. Lakshmi , who was born recently at Araria village in Bihar, was treated as a goddess thanks to the fact that she has two bodies united at the pelvis.
However, for the doctors she is an ischiopagus conjoined twin. One of the twins is headless and has two pairs of arms and legs.
Lakshmi is in Bangalore and a 40-hour surgery on her has just commenced at the Sparsh hospital.
Just after she was born, news of her peculiar body spread across the village and people rushed to see her with garlands.
Her parents were offered huge chunks of money to give up the baby. The villagers initially wanted to put her up on display, but later they decided that they would construct a temple and keep her on display there.
However, her parents refused all such offers and wanted to get their daughter treated.
They first went to Delhi, but the doctors there said the case was too complicated. As the parents left for their native place, a team of doctors from Sparsh hospital headed by Dr Sharan Patil rushed to Bihar and offered medical help to the parents.
They readily agreed and came down to Bangalore.
Dr Sharin Patil said before the surgery that it would risky and would involve a team of 36 doctors.
He also said that the surgery would come up to Rs 26 lakh and the expenses would be borne by the hospital. He also said that it is a great challenge and hoped that the operation would be successful.
Dr Patil said that during the operation, there would be a risk of cerebro spinal fluid leakage when the spine is being operated.
This will have to be controlled. Moreover, the vertebral column has to be separated. The one kidney with the parasitic twin has to be moved up and reconstructed.
The ordeal does not end here. Another surgery will have to be conducted on the child after four weeks, only after which the child would be normal.
As the surgery commenced, her father Shambu was seen praying. He told rediff.com that he is hopeful that the operation will be successful.
"I have faith in the doctor. If the operation is successful, it is great and if not, I would only say it is the will of God. Pray for our daughter please," Shambu, who was both nervous and emotional, said.
November 06, 2007 16:54 IST
They wanted to build a temple for her. Lakshmi , who was born recently at Araria village in Bihar, was treated as a goddess thanks to the fact that she has two bodies united at the pelvis.
However, for the doctors she is an ischiopagus conjoined twin. One of the twins is headless and has two pairs of arms and legs.
Lakshmi is in Bangalore and a 40-hour surgery on her has just commenced at the Sparsh hospital.
Just after she was born, news of her peculiar body spread across the village and people rushed to see her with garlands.
Her parents were offered huge chunks of money to give up the baby. The villagers initially wanted to put her up on display, but later they decided that they would construct a temple and keep her on display there.
However, her parents refused all such offers and wanted to get their daughter treated.
They first went to Delhi, but the doctors there said the case was too complicated. As the parents left for their native place, a team of doctors from Sparsh hospital headed by Dr Sharan Patil rushed to Bihar and offered medical help to the parents.
They readily agreed and came down to Bangalore.
Dr Sharin Patil said before the surgery that it would risky and would involve a team of 36 doctors.
He also said that the surgery would come up to Rs 26 lakh and the expenses would be borne by the hospital. He also said that it is a great challenge and hoped that the operation would be successful.
Dr Patil said that during the operation, there would be a risk of cerebro spinal fluid leakage when the spine is being operated.
This will have to be controlled. Moreover, the vertebral column has to be separated. The one kidney with the parasitic twin has to be moved up and reconstructed.
The ordeal does not end here. Another surgery will have to be conducted on the child after four weeks, only after which the child would be normal.
As the surgery commenced, her father Shambu was seen praying. He told rediff.com that he is hopeful that the operation will be successful.
"I have faith in the doctor. If the operation is successful, it is great and if not, I would only say it is the will of God. Pray for our daughter please," Shambu, who was both nervous and emotional, said.
