Apollo surgeon to help Shailaja
Posted on: 04/Apr/2013 11:11:01 AM
A top neurosurgeon from Chennai�s Apollo Hospitals has offered to help Shailaja who has been in a vegetative state since her surgery for a prolapsed disc three years ago. Ms. Shailaja�s husband Muniraju said that his wife was admitted at Bangalore�s Mallige Medical Centre for the surgery but had developed a complication called ventricular tachycardia or rapid heartbeat while recovering from anaesthesia. She has, since then, not able to eat, move or speak.
Dr. Ramnarayan, the neurosurgeon, said, �"I was feeling very bad that a young woman had been hurt. Especially a young woman with two children. Nowadays, we know how difficult it is to take care of children even if there is family at home. So I know that their household is in a really bad shape. The medical procedure would involve administering medicine directly to Shailaja`s spinal cord. This will help her stand up and even move about within the house. There are three medicines which are very helpful. We will have to take a chance. And if it works, it would be a great thing for this family."
