MUMBAI: A Kashmiri girl has a Mumbai cop to thank for ending her ordeal of 17 years that started with an unexplained medical condition. After doctors at the civic-run Sion Hospital recently operated on her, Sumeira Pala returned to Srinagar, her hometown, with the hope of leading a normal life again.
Pala (24) was struck by scoliosis, a condition of the spine where it bends abnormally taking the shape of a curve instead of staying erect, at the age of seven. She lived with the condition through her childhood but as it progressed in her teenage years, it took a toll on her body posture. She could no longer stand or sit straight as her body got tilted towards one side. She stopped going to school after standard 10 as the pain and discomfort became too much to handle.
But, in an unusual turn of events, Rakesh Sharma, a senior police inspector from the local arms division, happened to visit the Pala family in Srinagar, where they own a houseboat. Sharma told TOI, "I owed Sumeira's father an amount of Rs 50 that he had lent me way back in 1985. He helped me when I was stuck in an unwarranted situation without much money or food. I had to repay the debt." That was when he spotted Pala and convinced the family to come to Mumbai and get her treated.
Sharma got in touch with Dr Ashok Rathod, professor and spine surgeon at Sion Hospital, who has treated several cases of scoliosis. The Pala family, already apprehensive about surgeries after a previous botched-up attempt in an Amritsar hospital, travelled to Mumbai in January. Pala was operated upon on January 21.
"Sumeira underwent a failed surgery about seven years back. It was a tricky redo surgery," said Rathod adding that her spine had become hard after it fused wrongly. "So much so that even the rod fitted in the spine had broken. It was tough to break this long solid bone spanning seven vertebrae. It was risky to get motion at multiple levels and carry out correction at the same time without causing any neurological injury," he added. The surgery took about 10 hours following which she regained her body balance and posture. "And, also her self-confidence to a large extent,"
The family left for Kashmir on Wednesday after their month-long stay. Sumeira said, "The surgery has changed my life. Mumbai will remain special for me," said the youngster adding that she hopes to come back and revisit the Juhu beach and Marine Drive. Her mother Salima said, "If not for Sharma, my daughter would have ended up living a very difficult life".
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