For a 42-year-old scientist, working with Parkinson’s disease for seven years got tougher as his hands and legs became stiff like logs, his toes and fingers would curl up and gave severe pain. JVS Harikrishna, a resident of Ahmedabad, is all set to get discharged from Jaslok Hospital as he becomes the first patient in Asia to undergo deep brain stimulation surgery (DBS) using an advanced auto-sensing device to control the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.

Harikrishna, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at a very young age, said, “At times, medication also didn’t work. There were several times when I got stuck while working. My work hours went up. That’s when I decided to come to Mumbai a month and half back.”