Ashwini, 6 months old child, came to us with a flat face and a deformed head. The joints of her skull bone were fused earlier than in a normal child. This has started putting pressure on her brain restricting its growth. She needed a major surgery to get her to being normal. But her father, who was a watchman at a school couldn’t afford the treatment. But in March 2004, she was successfully operated and she has normal skull shape.
Mohan, at age 12, came to Sri Ramachandra Cleft and Craniofacial Center with a malformation of his skull, forehead and nose, which made him look disfigured and abnormal. His parents could not afford the expensive corrective surgery which would make him look normal like the other kids. But today, he has already undergone an extensive cranioplasty to reshape his skull and is even closer to looking normal.
80 year old Sri T. Ramanujam was traveling from Nagpur to Chennai by train. On arriving at Chennai Central Railway station, he was received by his son-in-law. On his way out, he suddenly collapsed and was helped by bystanders to be seated on a bench but his condition was getting worse. Thanks to the Emergency Medical Center run by Sri Ramachandra Medical Center at Central Station, Sri. T. Ramanujam got medical attention on time.
Ashwini, 6 months old child, came to us with a flat face and a deformed head. The joints of her skull bone were fused earlier than in a normal child. This has started putting pressure on her brain restricting its growth. She needed a major surgery to get her to being normal. But her father, who was a watchman at a school couldn€™t afford the treatment. But in March 2004, she was successfully operated and she has normal skull shape.
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