TNN May 29, 2012, 03.11AM IST CHENNAI: For nearly three years, Sundar (26)
was waiting to be told that he could to regain control of his bladder and move
around. Sundar, who fell off a tree, injured his spine and was paralyzed below
the navel. In 2011, when doctors at Laksha
Hospital in Chennai told
him there was hope in the stem cell therapy trials, he signed the consent form.
Mumbai-based Dr B S Rajput, consultant orthopaedic and stem cell transplant
surgeon at Breach
Candy Hospital ,
told him he would inject stem cells drawn from his own body into him to repair
the shredded network of nerves crisscrossing the spinal cord. At a press
conference on Monday, Sundar, a farmer, walked with support, and smiled at
flashing media cameras. "I tried everything before agreeing for stem cell
therapy. I was told there is no hope of walking again and I was bed ridden. I
chose stem cell therapy as I had no other option. Now, I have complete bladder
and bowel control," he said, shaking hands with Dr Rajput.
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