A 27-year-old woman from Lakshadweep, was in a near state of starvation due to a swallowing difficulty for almost 21 years. In layman’s parlance, there was a block in her food pipe; medically, the condition is called Achalasia Cardia. Marjana is finally on the road to recovery after undergoing a novel procedure called Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) at Aster Medcity, a leading Gastroenterology hospital in Kochi Kerala.
Her case was handled by an expert Gastroenterologist in Kochi Kerala, and her agony of 21 years was terminated in a procedure that took just 90 minutes to complete. A better nourished Marjana was discharged on the third day after an uneventful post recovery phase.
Marjana, daughter of Kunjikkoya and Kunjabee, hails from Amini Island in Lakshadweep and will return to her hometown by the end of the month.
