Bengaluru:

Two teams of doctors from Karantaka have been working in the earthquake-hit Nepal conducting surgeries and offering counseling to the survivors.

Speaking to STOI, Dr Basavaraju KM, a general surgeon who is heading a team, said they have performed 15 surgeries in the past two days.

“We are largely seeing cases of brain injuries, spinal cord injuries and fractures among survivors rescued from under the debris,” said Dr Basavaraju, whose team of surgeons specializes in treating brain injury, spinal injuries, and fractures.

Every time the team rescued a survivor from under the debris, he or she is seen to have suffered various fractures. “Scans revealed pieces of wood in brains of some survivors, as they were almost buried under the debris,” said Dr Basavaraju, a general surgeon heading the BJP doctor’s wing in Nepal.

Meanwhile, officials of the health and family welfare department said the team of 10 doctors sent by the government has been doing an excellent job at the medical relief camps.

However, the doctors were not reachable due to lack of communication network in Nepal.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Bengaluru / by Sunitha Rao, TNN / May 03rd, 2015