MADURAI: The Apollo Speciality Hospitals in Madurai has done it once again successfully. Now it is for epilepsy patients who have been facing neurological disorders. Specialist doctors from Apollo in Madurai have successfully done epilepsy operations for two children belonging to Sivaganga and Tenkasi in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.
On 1st October 2020, the Apollo Speciality Hospital in Madurai held a press conference to inform about the successful epilepsy surgery and to create public awareness that there is a potential cure for EPILEPSY. Dr.Rohini Sridhar, Chief Operating Officer, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Madurai Division, and the epilepsy surgery team of doctors were present at the media briefing held in Madurai today- on 1st October 2020.
EARLY DETECTION AND RIGHT SOLUTION:
Epileptologist Dr.S.Muthukani, neurologist Dr.D.Shyam and others were present at today’s pressmeet- on 1st October 2020- where the latest in epilepsy management was explained. Apollo Speciality Hospitals in Madurai has launched Epilepsy Surgery Programme and two children were operated for drug refractory focal eplilepsy. These two children were from Sivagana and Tenkasi in Tamil Nadu, with severe severe refractory epilepsy.
A power point presentation was given at the press conference here to highlight the latest in epilepsy management. “Five in every 1,000 persons have epilepsy and India is one of the most commonly affected countries. So it is a huge disease burden. Now, we have top class treatment available in Madurai Apollo and a complete cure is possible for epilepsy……If medicines are not giving cure, we have surgery available.The complication rate is less…..Surgery cost is affordable, there is very effective medical management. Epilepsy patients should go for treatment to avoid sudden unexpected deaths. The successful outcome of treatment for epilepsy depends on early diagnosis and surgery if needed,” the medical team of Madurai Apollo Speciality Hospitals. had explained at the pressmeet here on 1st October 2020.
Epilepsy is one of the common neurological disorders and it is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. The common myth in epilepsy management is that there is nothing beyond anti-seizure drugs and that epilepsy is not curable. “When medical management, medicines are not possible to cure, epilepsy surgery is there…..and now we have it in Madurai Apollo Hospital,” the medical team said here today and added that epilepsy is a potentially curable condition and the Apollo Speciality Hospitals has an integrated treatment for all kinds of epilepsy including epilepsy surgery, it is a good news for southern districts.
Dr.Rohini Sridhar, Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Hospitals in Madurai Division and the team including epileptologist Dr.S.Muthukani, neurologists Dr.S.Meenakshi Sundaram, Dr.S.N.Karthik, Dr.Suresh, neurosurgeons Dr.S.Sundararajan, Dr.Shyam D, Dr.Kevin Joseph J, neuro anesthetist Dr.Nisha and intensivist Dr.Padmaprakash, were among those who are creating awareness about epilepsy surgery, and the the epilepsy operation done two days ago in Madurai Apollo.
“If epilepsy cannot be controlled with medicines, go for surgery. We can treat drug refractory epilepsy. We can go beyond anti-sezure drugs for epilepsy management. The surgery done for two children at Apollo Speciality Hospital in the last two days, drug refractory focal epilepsy, is an example of the top class medical infrastructure available in Apollo Madurai,” the press release said.
