Thoothukudi govt. medical college doctors remove gallbladder of 10-year-old girl
Doctors at the Thoothukudi Government Medical College successfully performed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on a 10-year-old girl to remove her gallbladder. This procedure, performed to treat gallstones and jaundice, marks a significant milestone as the first of its kind for a child in a government hospital in southern Tamil Nadu.
Why it matters
It highlights advancements in pediatric surgical capabilities within the public healthcare sector, providing specialized, cost-free care to underprivileged patients.
Doctors at the Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital have given a pain-free life to a girl who was in excruciating pain due to stones in the gallbladder and bile duct.
When a 10-year-old girl from a village near Pudukottai complained of acute stomach pain a few months ago, her father took her to the Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital. Investigations showed that she had jaundice and gallstones in gallbladder and the bile duct.
Paediatric surgeon T. Muthukumaran performed Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography to remove the stones. Moreover, common bile duct stent was placed to keep it open to enable free flow of bile from the liver to small intestine.
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