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 tie the knot at this moment.
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.
