The doctors of the Max hospital have claimed to have saved the life of a critically ill six-year old girl suffering from brain tumor. The girl, a resident of Muzafarnagar was referred to Max hospital with complaints of loss of vision. She was lethargic, feeling drowsy with loss of weight and appetite. The hospital authorities said that the girl had a big tumor which had pushed her optic nerve due to which her ability to see, had got affected. The Max India foundation offered help to the parents of the child who were not able to bear the high cost of surgery.
The Consultant – Neurosurgery in Max hospital, Dr Priyamvadha said that the girl had large tumor in the supra sellar region which led to early loss of vision. “After the operation the girl had to be monitored in the ICU for 10 days before we were able to comfortably shift her to the room,’’ she said.
The Director of Max Institute of Neuro Sciences Dehradun (MIND), Dr AK Singh said a brain tumor is a growth of cells in the brain that multiplies in an abnormal way. It can either be cancerous (malignant) or non-cancerous (benign). He informed that brain tumors are graded from I to IV according to their behavior, such as how fast they grow and how likely they are to grow back after treatment.