PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun: Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital claimed to have conducted a successful surgery for congenital esophageal atresia in the one-and-a-half-year-old child. The surgery was performed under the supervision of senior pediatric surgeon, Dr Madhukar Maletha, the hospital sources said, adding that the child was suffering from Pure Esophageal Atresia, a rare congenital condition in which the food pipe is completely undeveloped.
The chairman of the hospital, Mahant Devendra Das Maharaj congratulated the pediatric surgery team and doctors for the successful treatment.
Dr Maletha explained that congenital esophageal atresia is a serious birth defect in which a newborn’s food pipe does not develop completely and the upper and lower ends remain disconnected. “As a result, the baby cannot swallow milk or food properly, and there is also a risk of food entering the windpipe (trachea), which can cause breathing difficulties,” he added.
