TURA: Scripting history for the institution and the entire Garo Hills region as a whole, an ovarian tumour weighting 22 kgs was successfully operated upon and removed from a 23 year old patient at the Maternity and Child Health (MCH) Hospital in Tura.
This is the first time in the history of Garo Hills and the maternity hospital that this kind of tumour has been removed successfully.
The tumour was removed from a patient hailing from Baghmara in South Garo Hills District. The operation was led by Vince Chimpoo M Momin (gynaecologist) along with Drandina Marak (anaesthetist) and assisted by Bithi Sangma (Senior medical officer), Azuma Shira, Cris Noel Sangma and Arnold Momin (OT assistants).
When contacted, Vince Momin said that the patient had been undergoing treatment by a local quack in the village for the past 2 years before seeking medical advice. She was admitted to the hospital last week and surgery was performed on Wednesday.
Momin informed that tumours ranging from 8 to 10 kgs are operated normally in the hospital but that the procedure for a 22 kg tumour is something that has never been done in Tura.
“It is a proud moment for all of us at the MCH as well as for the entire health department as a whole,” Momin remarked.
