Agartala, May 31 -- Doctors at Tripura Medical College (TMC) and Dr BRAM Teaching Hospital successfully performed a complex life-saving surgery on a two-day-old newborn suffering from a rare congenital condition, bringing relief to the infant's family from Sepahijala district.

The baby was born to Dipanka Nama, a restaurant worker, and Briti Roy, a homemaker from Bhati Nolchar in Melaghar, Sepahijala district. During an antenatal examination at 32 weeks of gestation, doctors detected a serious congenital anomaly known as Left-Sided Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH), a potentially life-threatening condition in which abdominal organs migrate into the chest cavity, affecting lung development.

Following the diagnosis, the family consult...