DHAKA, Sept 5, 2017 (BSS) – The second surgical operation on Muktamoni’s right hand, which is affected by an unknown disease since her early age, was carried out successfully today at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).
“The operation started at 9 am and successfully ended around 11.30 am,” Dr M Mahbubur Rahman of Surgery Department of DMCH told BSS.
“She would be kept in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) till tomorrow,” the doctor said adding, “It’s a great success for us that the operation has become successful without amputation of her affected hand.”
Muktamoni would need a series of surgical operations to get cured as there are a number of tumors in her blood vessel, the doctor informed.
The next steps will be taken after monitoring Muktamoni’s condition, said the doctor.
Seven surgeons and five anesthetists took part in the surgery, among others.
Earlier, doctors were scheduled to conduct the second surgery on last Tuesday but could not operate as she had been suffering from fever.
Meanwhile, she is also being given a specialized diet from the hospital, he added.
Muktamoni, a 10-year-old girl of Kamarbaisa village in Satkhira sadar upazila, was admitted to the hospital on July 11 with a malignant growth on her right arm.
The disease was apparent when she was around only one and a half years old but she was brought here last week, said Dr Rahman.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken responsibility of the treatment of Muktamoni.
According to her father Ibrahim, a grocery shop owner, Muktamoni and her twin sister Hiramoni were a pair of healthy baby girls during their birth but a wart appeared on her right arm when Muktamoni was about 18-month-old.