Boy with giant limb, huge smile, given a $200G fixup by docs

nydailynews.com ^ | 11.18.08 | CHRISTINA BOYLE

[Coleus]

 

 

Rohit Bachani, 10, of Pakistan, rests at Lenox Hill Hospital. Like most 10-year-old boys, Rohit Bachani adores cars, sports and hanging out with his friends. Still, for much of his childhood, he wasn't sure he would ever drive, found it hard to catch a ball and had to leave his home in Pakistan to undergo life-changing medical treatment in New York.  Rohit has a rare condition known as congenital vascular malformation, which causes tissue buildup on his left hand.  What started as a small lump grew into a melon-sized mass that engulfed his fingers and weighed about 9 pounds.

He spent years walking around with his hand above his head because it caused intense pain to leave it by his side.  "Everything is hard for him," his father, Nandlal Bachani, 45, said Tuesday as his son underwent his penultimate operation to shrink the growth and return his hand to normal.  "We always worried he was going to hurt his left hand, but after this surgery he's going to be able to live a normal life."  After the family's failed attempts to find a cure in Pakistan, India and Europe, Dr. Robert Rosen, chief of interventional vascular embolization at Lenox Hill Hospital, came to the rescue.

Rosen assembled a team to help Rohit and provide treatment costing an estimated $200,000 - for free.  "Once people met him and saw what a sweet little boy he is and what a weird situation he was in, it was very easy to get people to do this pro bono," Rosen said.  "Through all this he's a bright, charming, well-adjusted boy."  Rosen has been injecting a special foam into Rohit's hand to clot the blood vessels that cause the lump and thus shrink the lump.  The boy will have to undergo a final operation tomorrow at Roosevelt Hospital, where surgeons will remove the remaining tissue, but his hand should slowly return to normal and he should lead a healthy life.  "He always loved cars," his dad said after Rohit's successful half-hour procedure.  "I hope when he's back to normal and grows up, he can drive."

[Coleus]

what? you mean socialized medicine in europe couldn't help this boy?

[billorites]

This is exactly what the nuns told me would happen...

[netmilsmom]

>>”Once people met him and saw what a sweet little boy he is and what a weird situation he was in, it was very easy to get people to do this pro bono,” Rosen said.<<

Some think the government should give all.
Wonder how many of these people WOULD be ABLE to give pro bono under socialized medicine?

[MAD-AS-HELL]

I wonder if he’s a fan of HellBoy?

[ladiesview61]

ahahahahaha I just laughed out loud!

[ladiesview61]

sorry..not at the kid...at the guy who said “this is exactly what the nuns said would happen....hilarious

[mc5cents]

Rosen assembled a team to help Rohit and provide treatment costing an estimated $200,000 - for free.

Now wait just a minute, was it free or did it cost $200,000? Oh, I get it. WE pay the 200 g's so it's "free" like "Hillarycare" would be. Oh, yeah. I get it.

[sionnsar]

you mean socialized medicine in europe couldn't help this boy?

Last time I looked, Pakistan wasn't in Europe. Not incumbent on them to fix this. Nor on the U.S.

But massive kudos to those who donated to make this "fixup."

[sionnsar]

WE pay the 200 g

Did you donate? I didn't see where the money came from...

[Coleus]

Last time I looked, Pakistan wasn't in Europe. Not incumbent on them to fix this. Nor on the U.S. >>>

yes, I know, Pakistan is in Asia

From the article:

After the family's failed attempts to find a cure in Pakistan, India and Europe, Dr. Robert Rosen, chief of interventional vascular embolization at Lenox Hill Hospital, came to the rescue.

It appears the parents went all over the world to find a surgeon who could help their son, they found relief and success only in America.

[GOP_Party_Animal]

I have a similar condition. Only it’s not my arm.

[Cowboy Bob]

He looks like a young Popeye (the Sailor)!

[billorites]

"I have a similar condition. Only it’s not my arm."

Not a problem.

I'll call for the nurse...

[tiki]

Once people met him and saw what a sweet little boy he is and what a weird situation he was in, it was very easy to get people to do this pro bono,"

[Centurion2000]

I wonder if pro bono work counts as a tax deduction??? Do any doctors in here know?

[Mila]

"This is exactly what the nuns told me would happen..."

Your post had me puzzled at first. I was taught by nuns, but I went to all girls Catholic schools. LOL!

[Straight Vermonter]

I wonder why he had to come here since so many of our doctors come from over there.