The economic benefit of hydrocele surgery outweighs the cost by 15 times, said International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) on Monday. It noted that patients with scrotal swelling, known as hydrocele are highly neglected, often socially excluded and deserve support. icddr,b researchers conducted an outcome evaluation that showed that surgery had a significant impact on these patients' social and economic participation. The surgical intervention is highly cost-effective (1:15), meaning the economic benefit of the surgery outweighs the cost of surgery by 15 times. Moreover, these patients are now capable of working for more hours than before, averting their Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs). icddr,b organised a dissemination seminar on Monday to share findings of a recently concluded project titled "Ensuring Health Equity and Economic Participation for Chronic Lymphatic Filariasis Patients through Surgical Intervention in Bangladesh." Read: Excessive Crying in Infants: Possible Reasons, Tips of Soothing It was held at icddr,b's traction meeting room in Mohakhali. Filariasis is a parasitic disease transmitted to humans through culex mosquito bites. Swelling of the affected limb followed by fever episodes is the disease's main symptom, which in the long run may cause the person various degrees of disabilities. Filariasis is also manifested by extensive scrotal swelling, known as hydrocele. In 10 northern endemic districts of Bangladesh, about 25 thousand suspected cases of hydrocele patients live. They feel ashamed of seeking healthcare due to social stigma. Additionally, many of these patients cannot afford the cost of hydrocele surgery, leading them to remain excluded from mainstream socio-economic activities. Since 2022, with support from Bangladesh Bank, icddr,b has provided surgical support with the help of local government hospitals to 203 patients with hydrocele. Of these, 145 are from Rangpur, and 58 are from Kurigram Districts. Previously with support from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK, from 2020 to 2021, icddr,b helped 838 hydrocele patients return to normal life with hydrocele surgery.

Doctors successfully transplanted the wrist of a police constable of Lohagara police station in Chattogram early Monday which was severed by an accused on Sunday. The injured police constable Jony Khan, 27, underwent a wrist-joint replacement surgery at a private hospital in Dhaka after he was taken there by a helicopter from Chattogram on Sunday evening, said Bhakta Chanda Dutta, Sub-Inspector of Lohagara police station . “The surgery was completed around 2:30 am and the doctors said it was successful. Jony is currently doing well and his family is with him," he said. Also read: First-ever cadaveric kidney transplant in Bangladesh expected in ‘Mujib Borsho’ On Sunday, around 10 am three people including two police constables were attacked by an accused named Kabir Ahmed at Adharmanik Lalarkhil area in lohagara upazila when they went to arrest him. During the attack Jony’s wrist was hacked by a sharp weapon while Constable Shahadat Hossain, 27, and plaintiff of the case Abul Kashem, 40, also suffered injuries. Also read: Hospital: Kidney went to wrong transplant patient “After the incident, accused Kabir’s wife Ruby Begum was arrested from Bandarban border area while drives are on to arrest Kabir,” said SI Bhakta Chanda Dutta.

In a rare surgical feat, doctors at Khulna City Medical College and Hospital (KCMCH) successfully reattached the left wrist of an Indian worker of the Rampal power plant project. On February 6, a nine-member team, led by Dr AYM Shahidullah, performed the eight-hour-long surgery on Munna Mahout. And within three days of the operation, movement started showing in his fingers, according to hospital authorities. Read: Rooppur N-plant: 5 Russians die in 11 days, probe ordered Munna, a crane operator at the Rampur power plant project, was working at the project site as usual on February 6. But while ferrying some goods, his crane veered off and its glass door shattered over his hand detaching his left wrist from the body completely. His co-workers, however, wasted no time in preserving the detached wrist in an ice-filled polyethene bag as suggested by a local doctor and rushed him to KCMCH, an hour's journey. The hospital doctors soon swung into action and conducted the rare surgery. Munna is currently recuperating at the cardiac intensive care unit of the hospital. Dr AYM Shahidullah, the head of the nine-member medical team, said, "Hopefully, he will recover completely." Read: 'Will extend all support to police probing deaths of Russian staff at Rooppur N-plant' An elated Munna said, “I did not expect I will get my hand back. Thanks to the doctors, I am able to move my fingers already.” According to KCMCH authorities, the success in such a critical surgery is a first in Khulna and also rare in the country.

Around 217 underprivileged people underwent free cataract surgery in eye camps in Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Nilphamari and Dinajpur districts recently. The Eye Care Program of Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (ECP-MSS) organized these free eye camps with its own resources and donations from the ECP donors. The surgeries were performed at ECP’s partner hospitals. To eliminate preventable blindness among the underserved, six free eye screening camps were organized in Panchagarh, Thakurgaon, Nilphamari and Dinajpur during January 08- 25, 2022. At these eye camps, comprehensive eye care services were provided to 1276 underserved people by qualified doctors, technicians using modern eye screening equipment. Prescriptions were given to the patients with free spectacles. In addition, more than 700 basic eye care awareness flyers and posters were distributed among the patients. READ: No one kept scissors inside Monira's stomach during surgery “Aiming to make eye care services available to all people in rural regions, ECP-MSS with the technical support of its partner hospitals and donors has been providing eye care services,” said MSS President Feroz M. Hassan. “We have been working for the poor to restore their vision through performing surgeries,” he added.

A committee formed to probe a complaint of medical negligence against doctors who allegedly left a pair of scissors inside a girl's stomach during a surgery at Faridpur's Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College and Hospital in March 2020, has submitted its report. However, the report didn't indict anyone for the "mistake", according to hospital director Saifur Rahman. "The three-member panel, constituted on December 12, also didn't recommend any action against anyone for the mistake, in its report submitted to me on Monday," he said. Surprisingly, the probe committee, led by Kamrul Hasan, assistant professor of the surgery department, did refer to similar incidents that occurred in different countries in the past, citing various articles published in international journals. Also read: Doctor appears in court video call while performing surgery The panel, however, recommended that more caution should be exercised during surgeries in the future "to avoid this kind of accidents". The other recommendations made by the committee include keeping a dedicated nurse for handling surgical instruments during an operation. In March 2020, Monira Khatun,18, a resident of Banshbaria union in Gopalganj district, got admitted to the Faridpur government hospital with complications of blood clot in mesenteric artery. A few days later, she was operated upon but a six-inch long artery forceps remained inside her abdomen. Also read: 7-year-old Alabama girl helps to fund her own brain surgery On December 11 this year, the forceps were removed from Monira’s stomach in another surgery at the same hospital after the matter came to the fore. She is currently recuperating at the hospital, and her conditions are improving, said Saifur.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un did not undergo surgery or any other medical procedure, a South Korean official said Sunday, amid speculation about his health that continues to linger even after he reappeared publicly in recent days.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter was admitted to a hospital on Monday evening for a surgery to relieve pressure on his brain, caused by bleeding due to his recent falls, his spokeswoman said.