An Ahmedabad-based surgeon has given a Kenyan nurse suffering from epilepsy ‘a new life’ through a procedure that is first-of-its-kind in the city.
Thirty-four-year-old Mogusi Pertonilla Kemunto, who hails from Nairobi in Kenya, was admitted to a hospital when she developed back pain in 2002 while shifting a patient.
Kemunto later on developed seizures. She was given Valproate when her condition deteriorated. While she was put on anti-epilepsy drugs, MRI and CT scan suggested temporal lobe cyst.
Her employers asked her to quit but she did not lose hope and approached Apollo Hospital in Ahmedabad.
In July this year, Dr Somesh Desai operated upon Kemunto. According to Desai, if a patient suffers from temporal lobectomy then surgery gives good results. It takes about six months to ascertain the impact of the surgery.
Today, Kemunto is not only satisfied with the surgery but thinks that it has given her a new life.
“I am a nurse at a hospital in Nairobi. When my problem was detected my employers asked me to resign. But instead of losing hope I came to Ahmedabad. After the surgery by Dr Desai my life has changed. I have not had a single fit since July and feel that I am living a new life,” said Kemunto who was in the city for a follow-up.
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