A Journey of Rebirth Through Recovery

News Desk, News Nation 360: Dipanjan Bhattacharjee, a prominent 48-year-old lawyer from Kolkata, underwent a historic 36-hour multidisciplinary operation at Manipal Hospital, Old Airport Road in Bangalore to successfully remove a huge 6-centimetre calcified skull-base meningioma. His adventure started in 2018 with a misdiagnosed right ear hearing impairment. In 2023, he was diagnosed with a brain tumour, and in Mumbai, he underwent a partially successful operation that preserved 80% of the tumour. Dr. Sampath Chandra led a specialised team comprising neurosurgeons, plastic reconstructive specialists, and anaesthesiologists to perform a high-risk transtemporal skull-base procedure after Dipanjan experienced a severe relapse in late 2025 marked by facial nerve weakness, loss of motor function, and total hearing loss. In addition to executing a complex cross-facial nerve graft to retain his natural expressions and speech and a specialised device to restore his hearing, the intensive procedure resulted in complete tumour decompression. Coordinated by specialists like Drs. Sathwik R. Shetty and Srikanth V, this amazing medical achievement represents a victory of collaborative healthcare over life-threatening neurological challenges and is a rare worldwide example of integrated surgical excellence that allowed Dipanjan to return to his legal practice with his facial symmetry and communication abilities fully intact.

Pic - Krishnendu Kundu