Doctor turns messiah for tribal woman in Odisha, removes 9- kg tumour
Sans adequate equipment, doctor removes 9-kg tumour from patient body
By Suryanarayan Panda
Koraput,Dec. 25: A doctor in Odisha’s remote Malkangiri district has given a new lease of life to a tribal woman by conducting a complex surgery to remove a large tumour from her body sans necessary infrastructure and equipment at the hospital.
Despite all odds, Dr Sapan Kumar Dinda and his team successfully removed a tumour weighing nine kilograms from the woman patient’s body.
Pramila, daughter of Ram Duria of Chalanguda village was admitted to Asha Kiran hospital after she complained of acute pain in her abdomen.
After diagnosis, it was found that Pramila had a huge tumour inside her body.
Though the doctors advised Pramila’s family to shift her to Visakhapatnam, they expressed their inability due to their poor financial background.
With no other option, the family members then admitted Pramila to Malkangiri district headquarters hospital.
Later, Dr Sapan conducted the surgery which lasted for a couple of hours and successfully removed the tumour.
Malkangiri is nearly 650 km from state capital Bhubaneswar on the borders of Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The district, which is mostly inhabited by tribals, often hit newspaper headlines for Maoist activities.
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Photograph: Dr Sapan Kumar Dinda (fourth from left) with team after conducting surgery
