Mrs. Shanthi Henry, a 57-year-old homemaker from Nagercoil was unable to speak or chew food due to

Mrs. Shanthi Henry, a 57-year-old homemaker from Nagercoil was unable to speak or chew food due to her neck being pulled to one side of the body, further burdened by abnormal repeated movements of the head and trunk, and stiffness in the right hand nearly three years ago, she gave up on life. She further developed severe difficulty to sit on a chair, watch TV, walk normally or even have a little food as she was hampered by the involuntary body movements. She preferred to lie down in bed instead. She thought she was destined to live like this for the rest of her life. Henry, ’s son who works in a placement cell of a reputed college in Chennai reached out to our specialist doctors. This is after numerous visits to doctors across the city. On arrival at Rela Hospital, a Team of Neurology experts led by Dr. Shankar Balakrishnan, Clinical Lead Neurology - Interventional Neurology & Neuromodulation, Dr. Anbu Selvam, Senior Consultant - Neurosurgery, Ms. Srimathy Narasimhan, Head – Speech