Staff Reporter :
Doctors of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday said, there are no more tumours in the arm of Muktamoni, a 12-year old Satkhira girl.
Dr Samanta Lal Sen, National Coordinator of the Plastic Surgery and Burn Unit of DMCH said after the third operation, there are no more tumours in her arm removing fear of the malignant growth.
Four bags of blood were transfused into her body and she has been kept in the intensive care unit of DMCH, he added. The surgery lasted for 3.30 hours beginning from 9am.
Doctors took the decision to conduct a third surgery after the second biopsy found the existence of tumour in blood vessels on Muktamoni’s right arm on August 18.
They had to abandon the second surgery at half-done state on August 29 as her body temperature soared due to fever. They decided for third surgery after Eid vacation.
Muktamoni is afflicted by a disease in her right hand, a condition leading to her hand swelling like a bee hive. On August 12, doctors removed a three-kilogramme tumour from her arm.
A 13-member medical board was formed to look into the girl’s case and on August 8 they decided to operate after a biopsy showed a tumour in the artery of her hand.
