Category Archives: Cerebral Palsy Treatment

Dayton, Ohio (PRWEB) March 04, 2014 Dayton Childrens Hospital has named Gogi Kumar, MD, medical director for child neurology. Dr. Kumar has served as interim medical director for child neurology since 2013 and has been a child neurologist at Dayton Childrens since 2005. She is also an assistant professor of pediatrics at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine. Dr. Kumar completed her pediatric residency at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. She also completed a residency in child neurology at New York's Schneider's Childrens Hospital. Dr. Kumar is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology with special qualifications in child neurology. With her leadership, and the hard work and support of her colleagues, great things have been accomplished over the last several months in the neurology department, says Adam Mezoff, MD, vice president and chief medical officer at Dayton Childrens. I am confident going forward that Dr. Kumar is the right leader for our neurology team at Dayton Childrens. The department of child neurology at Dayton Childrens is committed to providing the highest quality care for infants to adolescents with a variety of neurological disorders including Tourette syndrome, cerebral palsy, neurocutaneous diseases, headache and seizure … Continue reading →

Sophie Sharman has cerebral palsy and is unable to walk unaided She was offered surgery on the NHS which could have helped her walk The offer was then withdrawn because of budget cuts within the NHS Her mother, Natalie Rider, says the offer would not have been withdrawn if Sophie had not missed one of her pre-surgery hospital appointments She only missed it because her mother was rushed to hospital for surgery Ms Rider is now appealing the decision but if this fails she will have to raise 30,000 to pay for the operation herself By Emma Innes PUBLISHED: 06:27 EST, 3 March 2014 | UPDATED: 07:08 EST, 3 March 2014 220 shares 48 View comments A mother has spoken of her devastation after the NHS withdrew funding for an operation which could help her daughter walk for the first time. Sophie Sharman, 10, from Bedworth, Warwickshire, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when she was just eight weeks old and has never been able to walk unaided. She was due to undergo a potentially life-changing procedure called Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham. Sophie Sharman (pictured with her mother, Natalie), 10, has cerebral palsy and needs … Continue reading →

Click photo to enlarge Eight-year-old Molly Hall of Salinas gets a warm welcome at the Monterey Marriott on Friday at a party celebrating her as the 2014 California Champion of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Eight-year-old Molly Hall of Salinas was celebrated in Monterey on Friday for being named the 2014 California Champion of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Molly, who has cerebral palsy, has received treatment at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, a partner of Children's Miracle Network since 1989. There are nine network hospitals in California. In her role as champion, Molly will help educate the public across the state about the network, which raises money for treatments, services and equipment. A pediatric crash cart purchased with Children's Miracle Network funds helped save her life during a visit to the emergency room in 2010, Salinas Valley Memorial said. "This is such a great experience for Molly," her father, Don Hall, said in a statement. "Molly has overcome a lot of challenges and has such a positive attitude. She inspires everyone she meets." The rest is here: Salinas girl to represent Children's Miracle Network Hospitals … Continue reading →

The parents of a child left with permanent brain damage when doctors at a Guildford hospital delayed his birth for more than two hours have described the day they thought they would lose their miracle son. Helen and Roger Leysters three-year-old son Julian suffers from cerebral palsy due to his brain being starved of oxygen when a consultant at the Royal Surrey County Hospital delayed sending Mrs Leyster for a caesarean by more than two hours. The couple instructed medical law experts to look into the fraught pregnancy on March 24, 2010, which Julian was lucky to survive, and have secured admission of liability from the NHS Foundation Trust, in which it confirmed that the delay caused his brain damage. Now the family, living in Surbiton but originally from Claygate, will receive financial support in a settlement to fund Julians care, rehabilitation and equipment needs for the rest of his life. Mr Leyster said: You would expect us to be jumping for joy when we got the news, but its a strange mixed feeling. You realise that this couldve been avoided and things would have been completely different for Julian. Speaking to the Get Surrey, Mrs Leyster, 42, explained how … Continue reading →

KOLKATA: Amrita Ghosh, now 12, was born spastic. Cerebral palsy had affected her limbs. She could not sit on her own, leave alone standing on her feet. Over last 11 years, her parents ran from one hospital to other in search of treatment. But every time they returned empty-handed. From intensive physiotherapy to high-dose oral antispasmodic medication and botox therapy, nothing brought any ray of hope for the little girl. Finally, an Intrathecal Baclofen (ITB) therapy at the Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals recently worked wonders for her. She can now walk with the help of a walker, a dream even a few months back. "I had done rounds of hospitals, including Ninhams in Bangalore to CMC Vellore and few other hospitals in Kolkata, for my daughter but to no avail," Amrita's father Gouridas Ghosh told TOI from Bankura. Then came the medical miracle for treating spasticity - ITB therapy. On being informed that the facility was available at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals, the civil engineer with agri-irrigation department took her daughter there on January 27 and the girl underwent the therapy under Dr Anirban Deep Banerjee. 'This surgical success paves the way for a new hope for thousands of spastic children suffering … Continue reading →

Melissa Hunt is trying to raise 45,000 for private surgery to help three-year-old Theo walk The mother of a three-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has condemned NHS bosses after an operation to help him walk was cancelled because of budget cuts. Theo Hunt can only walk 20 to 30 steps with the aid of a walking frame and shuffles on his bottom the rest of the time. He was due to have a life-changing operation next month which would have loosened his muscles to help him walk independently. But just weeks before surgery, his family was dealt a devastating blow when they received a letter informing them that NHS England had cancelled funding for the operation. Theo's mother and full-time carer Melissa Hunt, 28, is now trying to raise 45,000 to have the surgery done privately before the end of the year. She says Theo needs to have the op before he turns five next year to ensure it is most effective and avoid him missing too much school. Melissa, who also has a seven-year-old son Louis, said: "We were expecting him to have surgery this spring which would have been perfect. "We were told by his doctor before Christmas … Continue reading →

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AMARILLO, TX- For the Harmons, their country Canyon farm-house has always been home. Memories of past Christmases, birthdays, and first's for their three children are all here. But not all the memories are warm ones. Eight-year-old Jillian Harmon was just an infant when she had her first seizure. "When she was an infant she was having 40 to 50 a day," Jillian's mother Becca said. Now Jillian averages one seizure a day after getting off all pharmaceutical drugs and turning to alternative treatments of various vitamins, minerals, and oxygen. Jillian has severe epilepsy, cerebral palsy, hip displasia and developmental delays. Becca says her daughter will never be "normal," but hope has the Harmons packing their life in boxes and heading to the mountains. "It's a big move, it's hard to move away from family and friends, and his career, and it's really hard, but she's worth it," Becca said. Jillian will soon start on a treatment made from marijuana, grown at a remote, high security facility in the foothills of Colorado Springs. "Thinking that Jilly could be seizure free, maybe someday be able to communicate somehow or feed herself, little things like that," Becca said. See the article here: Canyon … Continue reading →

BID: Ben Baddeley with mum Amy. THE parents of a nine-year-old disabled boy denied a life-changing operation on the NHS are fundraising to have the surgery carried out privately. Ben Baddeley, of Madeley Street in Silverdale, had been due to receive treatment for his spastic diplegia cerebral palsy today. But The Sentinel revealed earlier this month that the procedure at the Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham was cancelled at the last minute due to a lack of funding. Now his parents are trying to raise more than 20,000 to ensure Ben can still have the operation. And they have been overwhelmed by the number of strangers who have come forward with offers of raffle prizes or other assistance to help them reach their target. Amy, aged 29, said: "I put his story on Facebook and asked people to help. The page has now attracted over 700 'likes'. He was supposed to be in theatre today so he's built himself up for that and now it's not happening. "The operation would change his life. He's in so much pain. His condition means he gets painful back and muscle spasms." Ben's health problems stem from when he was starved of oxygen during … Continue reading →

Wolverhampton protest makes a stand against 'fit to work' tests by John Millington Disability rights campaigners protested outside the Atos assessment centre in Wolverhampton yesterday, calling for fairer treatment of disability benefit claimants. Protests took place across Britain against the fit to work assessments that the government claims helps disabled people into employment. But protester Bob Williams Findlay, a Wolverhampton University equality training officer and cerebral palsy sufferer, said: The system used by Atos only measures certain aspects of someones capability to work. Some people with disabilities like me can work but only when a good employer addresses their needs. Atos is making huge profits. The system needs changing not the welfare state. And Wolverhampton TUC secretary Nick Kelleher said people who had lost their benefits in some cases were now relying on charities to survive. He said: Some people in Wolverhampton who appealed a decision by Atos have been waiting a year. They have no benefits and are relying on food banks. People should be assessed on their abilities and needs and given help to live their lives as best they can. See the rest here: by John Millington … Continue reading →