A young girl whose parents gave up on her because she had a big tumor on her face ultimately gets the tumor removed in a life-changing procedure that lasts for seven hours.
It is believed that Simaria Singh, 15, who was left partly blind in her left eye, suffered from either meningoencephalocele or a dermoid cyst. Meningoencephalocele is more common.
In addition to having to suffer excruciating agony, Simaria was made to live as an outcast, to the point that others wouldn’t even dine next to her at the table.
Simaria was taken to Bombay Hospital in Indore after the children’s rights campaigner Rajesh Shukla, 43, saw her begging on the streets in December of last year. On January 16, surgeons at Bombay Hospital excised the tumor, which weighed 0.6 lb and cost £1,700 to remove, during a surgery that they did for free.
Mr. Shukla was quoted as saying, “This is nothing short of a miracle.” She is overjoyed, and the first thing she inquired about was whether or not she could be married at this time.
The family of Simaria is keeping their fingers crossed that the girl will be able to come home once she is released from the hospital in ten days.
‘We are still waiting for the reports, but it seems she was suffering from a congenital condition wherein her skull had a defect and the fluid from the brain started leaking through [the] nasal cavity and [a tumor] formed at [the] frontal and nasal bones,’ said Dr. Prashant Newalkar, a neurosurgeon at the hospital. “We are still waiting for the reports.”
“It is a congenital condition, and early detection during pregnancy is possible; however, it appears that her mother did not go through [an] ultrasound [scan] in her case.”
“The operation was successful, and we were able to patch up the hole in the patient’s skull.”
“The success rate is very high in such surgeries, and there is only [a] one percent chance that the cancer will return, but we are hopeful that she will be able to live a healthy life now.”
It is anticipated that Simaria will need more surgical intervention in order to further repair the facial deformities she has sustained and to assist in the restoration of her eyesight.
On December 21st, Mr. Shukla discovered Simaria in Khandwa, which is located in the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Mr. Shukla, who works closely with the children’s home Bal Sakha Ashram, was horrified to see her situation and immediately volunteered to pay £600 to have her operation. He called local physicians to make the arrangement.
When referring to the change that she had undergone, he said, “This is nothing short of a miracle.” She is overjoyed beyond measure, and the first thing she asked me was whether or not she could be married at this point.
“Throughout her entire life, the young lady was denied the affection and care that she needed.”
Because of her parents’ persistent teasing, she had no choice but to move out of the family home in October. She had been begging for food on the road for a period of two months.
Mr. Shukla claimed the following after he had brought her to the children’s home: “The first night we kept her in a separate room so [as] not to scare [the] other kids but [the] next day, we counseled her and found out that she was loathed by her own parents.”
Because she had been neglected her whole childhood, she became so depressed that she had no choice but to leave her home.
Mr. Rajesh has attempted to make contact with Simaria’s family and is keeping his fingers crossed that they would agree to accept their daughter back.
He said that the family was quite low on financial resources. Her father, Jagannath Singh, works for a daily wage, and her mother, Mudra Devi, is a homemaker who cares for the couple’s other seven children. She is the oldest of the Singh family’s children.
“Her father explained to us that he did not have enough money to properly care for his daughter and that he frequently experienced feelings of pity on her behalf.”
“But at this point, her parents couldn’t be happier to have her back at home.” On the other hand, we are hopeful that we will be able to keep Simaria here with us until she is perfectly healthy, at which point we will let her make the choice on her own.
“The children’s home will gladly accept her in the event that she wishes to continue living with us,” said the caregiver.
