A man undergoing brain surgery at a hospital in Jaipur, located in India, chanted Hindu prayer throughout the procedure.
Doctors said keeping him awake and making him talk continuously was the only way to ensure his speech would remain unaffected.
As they operated his brain tumour, the man chanted ‘Hanuman chalisa,’ a popular Hindu prayer recited to seek courage and blessings from the Lord Hanuman.
The surgery took place on November 27, but footage and relevant information was only made available this month.
Hulasmal Jangir, 30, from Bikaner, was suffering from epilepsy seizures in the past three months. Biopsy results confirmed Grade 2 brain tumor diagnosis, but he was refused surgery at a few other hospitals citing enormous chances of loss of speech and possible paralysis if they were to operate.
He then came to Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, where a team of neurosurgeons led by Dr. KK Bansal successfully performed the surgery on him.
Jangir was initially reluctant when doctors told him that they would conduct brain surgery under local anaesthesia so that he would be able to talk continuously, but agreed subsequently.
“He had a tumour in the part of brain that controls speech. We asked him to continuously read, sing or recite the hanuman chalisa. His responses helped us perform the surgery successfully as whenever we touched a wrong spot, his speech would get illegible,” said Dr. KK Bansal.
The surgery was successful and Jangir was discharged after 72 hours.
