Bhubaneswar: In what doctors are calling a landmark achievement for the Rourkela region, the Neonatal ICU team at Ispat General Hospital (IGH), run by SAIL’s Rourkela Steel Plant, has successfully performed emergency brain surgery on a critically ill newborn – the first such procedure in the hospital’s history.
The complex neonatal neurosurgical procedure was the first of its kind carried out at IGH and in Rourkela.
The baby, born via Caesarean section to Suchitra Sindriya, was diagnosed immediately after birth with two serious congenital conditions: hydrocephalus – an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid causing dangerous enlargement of the skull – and meningomyelocele, a spinal defect that left an open wound on the newborn’s back and caused weakness in both legs, SAIl said in a release.
The newborn was promptly shifted to the Neonatal ICU and managed under the supervision of Dr. Jayant Acharya, CMO I/C, along with Dr. Archana Behera, Additional CMO (Paediatrics), and their dedicated medical team.
Given the life-threatening nature of the hydrocephalus and the baby’s fragile state, the medical team moved quickly to perform emergency surgery. The procedure was carried out by Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon Dr. Manoj Kumar Deo, with anaesthesia administered by Dr. Sanjukta Panigrahi. The team was supervised by Dr. Jayant Acharya and Dr. Archana Behera of the Paediatrics department.
Following surgery, the baby’s head circumference has begun returning to normal – a key indicator of recovery.
