Sadar Hospital laparoscopic surgery department operated upon two hernias of same patient in a single day

Ranchi: A 35-yr-old poor lady patient from Jamshedpur referred outside Ranchi to get rid of her sufferings due to two hernias (hole in the stomach) involving high treatment cost got proper treatment in Sadar Hospital.

Team of the laparoscopy surgery department of the Sadar successfully operated upon her two hernias (holes in the stomach) on a single day and without charging any cost from the lady under Ayushman Yojna.

A hospital insider shared the success story.

” The patient was referred out of Ranchi and was told that the cost in Vellore would be ₹300000. The patient’s operation was done absolutely free of cost under Ayushman Yojana,” the insider said.

“The 35-year-old woman from Jamshedpur was suffering from stomach pain and swelling for a long time. On examination, she found out that she had two hernias, one was incisional hernia, and the other was umbilical hernia. The incisional hernia had occurred after a cesarean operation, in which some parts of her intestines got stuck, which caused a lot of pain. After doing all the tests, we operated on her yesterday,” the insider added.

Laparoscopic surgeon Dr Ajit Kumar let the surgery team confirmed the fact sharing the methodology adopted for surgery.

“Intestines were stuck in one hole, which was freed, and the operation was done by laying a mesh. This is called the TAPP tap method. The second hernia was near the navel in which the lower intestines had come and were completely stuck. It was freed and a big mesh was spread which is called IPOM PLUS,” Dr Ajit said.

Sharing information regarding the other team members, Dr Ajit said: “Anesthetic Dr. Deepak, OT assistant Sandeep, Nandini, Shashi, Neeraj played an important role. Hospital management gave proper co-operation in the entire operation.”