Beed constable Lalit Salve seems to have kicked off a revolution. Ever since the saga of his sex change, after living all his life as a woman, was keenly followed through newspaper reports, there has been a flood of inquiries about the medical procedure. Salve, who found immediate acceptance from his family and villagers, seems to have helped correct the stigma attached to sex change. St George Hospital, where Salve had the procedure done, is seeing a rise in inquiries and patients. Interestingly, the patients have been coming in with their parents and family, unlike earlier when friends accompanied those wanting the procedure done.

Dr Rajat Kapoor, a senior plastic surgeon from St George Hospital, with over 13 years of experience, has successfully performed as many as 17 genital reconstruction surgeries along with seven sex change surgeries while associated with JJ Hospital. Speaking to mid-day, he acknowledged that Salve's case has helped change people's perspective towards such surgeries.