{
  "id": 3328093,
  "title": "Mumbai Hospital Completes 175 Paediatric Epilepsy Surgeries, Aims To Cross 200-Milestone Soon",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/mumbai-hospital-completes-175-paediatric-epilepsy-surgeries-aims-to",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-25T18:28:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-hospital-completes-175-paediatric-epilepsy-surgeries-aims-to-cross-200-milestone-soon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai's Narayana Health SRCC Children's Hospital recently completed 175 paediatric epilepsy surgeries within three and a half years, aiming to surpass the 200-surgery milestone soon. This specialised facility treats children with drug-resistant epilepsy, who often struggle to find relief through medication alone.\n\nAn astounding 87% of children who underwent these complex surgeries remained seizure-free at least one year post-operation, according to the hospital. These paediatric epilepsy surgeries include approaches like corpus callosotomy, hemispherectomy, and minimally invasive stereotactic radiofrequency ablation, depending on the unique needs of each child.\n\nThe hospital's dedicated complex paediatric epilepsy programme caters to children whose seizures persist despite multiple medications, requiring highly specialised surgical intervention. In India, epilepsy affects around 0.8% of the paediatric and adolescent population, with about 30% of cases classified as drug-resistant. This implies that around one million children in India could potentially benefit from epilepsy surgery.\n\nHowever, only one in every 1,000 eligible patients undergoes epilepsy surgery, revealing a significant treatment gap. Experts like Dr Anaita Udwadia Hegde, Head of Neurosciences, emphasize that complex paediatric epilepsy demands specialised infrastructure and a multidisciplinary team for precise diagnosis and treatment. Early identification of suitable surgical candidates is crucial, as uncontrolled seizures can jeopardize a child's safety and neurodevelopment.\n\nSuccess stories include a six-year-old boy who became seizure-free after corpus callosotomy, as his daily drop attacks continued despite multiple medications failing. Similarly, a 10-year-old girl from Ratnagiri, with extensive pre-birth brain damage and daily seizures, was seizure-free three months following hemispherectomy.\n\nDoctors highlight that successful epilepsy surgery extends beyond seizure control, with some children experiencing improvements in neurocognitive and developmental functioning after treatment.",
  "summary": "Mumbai: For children living with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery can offer more than seizure control—it can provide a chance to return to school, regain developmental abilities and lead a more independent life. Mumbai-based Narayana Health SRCC Children’s Hospital has performed more than 175 paediatric epilepsy surgeries over the past 3.5 years and is now on track to cross the 200-surgery…",
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}