A 6-year-old Yemeni girl child who suffered paralysis on her right hand was operated in a Pune hospital by a team of specialist doctors to restore the paralysed limb. The Yemeni national patient Aya Mohammed (6) had met with a road traffic accident six months ago. Unresponsive, she was brought to the emergency department of a hospital in Aden, where she remained for three months in an unconscious state.
As she slowly regained consciousness, her parents noticed that she had weakness and reduced muscle power in her right upper limb. It did not improve over time and she was unable to lift her arm up and bend her elbow.
Desperate to find a cure for her condition, her parents reached out to the Paediatric Hand Surgery department at Jehangir Hospital in Pune. The specialist doctors in Pune, diagnosed her and found out that she has a traumatic brachial plexus injury which was responsible for the paralysis of her upper limb.

Speaking to Mid-Day Dr. Abhijeet L Wahegaonkar, Adjunct Professor of Hand Surgery at Jehangir Hospital said, “The brachial plexus is a complex network of nerves that originate near the neck and shoulder. These nerves begin at the spinal cord in the neck and control the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder. Brachial plexus injuries most commonly occur after an accident, sports injury or during childbirth, and can leave the arm without function.”