India (Rajasthan): Jaipur,There is a unique Brain Surgery held in India. Where the patient is kept awake and recites Gayatri Mantra (an Indian devotional chanting) during the surgery. He was continuously asked to recite the Gayatri Mantra (an Indian devotional chanting). Such a unique neuro-surgical procedure is known as “Awake Craniotomy” or “Awake Brain Surgery” and very few such surgeries have been reported in the country so far. He was given the newspaper to read. He was also asked to tell fruit names. It took 4 hours to complete the operation.The surgery repeated commands were also made by the hospital’s neurology team composed of Dr Prithvi Giri & Dr Madhuparna Paul to the patient to move his fingers, legs etc. to see if he is able to correctly listen, understand and execute the command


A 57-year-old Shri. Ridhmal Ram from Churu has been successfully operated awaken brain tumor surgery at Multispecialty Hospital, Jaipur by Sr Neurosurgeon Dr KK Bansal. Ridhmal Ram was suffering from episodes of seizure & temporary loss of speech. Such surgeries can be performed at very few centers across the country and require high-end neuro-surgical expertise.

“Monitoring response in a conventional brain surgery is not possible, as the patient is sedated. In awake brain surgery, the patient’s response can be continuously monitored, which helps the surgeon ascertain the exact spot without damaging other areas of the brain. In this patient’s case he was continuously asked to recite the Gayatri Mantra and move his body parts based on the command given. His responses helped us perform the surgery safely & successfully as whenever we would touch a wrong spot, his speech would get illegible” said Dr. KK Bansal, Sr. Consultant – Neuro Surgery at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Jaipur.