Clubfoot is curable with good results, says KIMS Sunshine MD Dr Gurava Reddy

• Hospital held a Walk with kids and their parents on Saturday on the occasion of World Clubfoot Day observed on June 3

IndiGlobal Bureau

KIMS Sunshine Hospital organised a “Walk” around its hospital premises today in which kids, who are being treated for Clubfoot and parents along with hospital doctors and staff participated.The occasion was World Clubfoot day that occurs on June 3 which is the birthday of Spanish-American physician Dr Ignacio Ponseti (1914-2009), who developed Ponseti method, a non-surgical technique that uses mostly series of casts followed by brace to correct the foot deformity.

Dr AV Guruva Reddy, MD-KIMS Sunshine Hospitals, Mr Saurabh Gupta, Regional COO-KIMS Sunshine, Dr Vidyasagar Chendankare, Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon graced the special occasion. Dr Guruva Reddy distributed school bags to each kid who made it to the event.

Addressing the gathering that assembled in the hospital auditorium later, Dr Guruva Reddy said that Clubfoot is a physical deformity by birth (congenital deformity) and it can be treated with good results when handled properly. He said that there must be only 50 Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeons in India like Dr Vidyasagar from Sunshine, who specialises in this treatment. He desired Dr Vidyasagar would develop and train three more Vidyasagars like himself to ultimately serve the affected kids and their worried parents.

Giving a power-point presentation afterwards, Dr Vidyasagar said that Sunshine Hospital has been holding an exclusive Clubfoot clinic every Monday from 9 am to 12 noon since 2015 to cater to affected children.

Every year around 2 lakh kids are born with this foot deformity in the world including 50,000 alone in India, mostly in lower socio-economic sections. There are no particular reasons for occurence of this deformity, but it’s mostly seen in males than females.

He said that Sunshine has so far treated nearly 600 kids for clubfoot and cases have come from States like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam apart from both Telugu States.

Dr Vidyasagar said treatment involves casts and braces and minimally invasive procedure if needed. He stressed keeping on braces daily for 4 years failing which there will be a recurrence of the deformity.