While cancer incidence rate in Odisha is high, five to 10 persons per a lakh of population are reported to have brain tumours, accounting for two per cent of malignancies.
Brain damage caused by tumours lead to complications with thinking, seeing and speaking.
It can also cause personality changes and seizures. Similarly, the incidence of oral cancers reported alarmingly high in Odisha compared to other States in the country.
“It would be helpful in identifying and seeking immediate medical help and accurate, safe, avoided multiple surgeries are needed to fight brain surgeries,” said Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad director Dr Pavan Gorukanti in a statement.
He informed that hospital has installed India’s first 3T Intraoperative MRI (iMRI) for conducting brain surgeries unprecedentedly accurate and safe and avoiding multiple surgeries. s
The Yashoda Group of Hospitals has completed 200 plus complicated brain surgeries during the last couple of months, said the director.