A team led by Dr. Abhay Nene, Spine Surgeon at Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai Central, helped a teacher by successfully performing occipito-cervical fusion (OCF), a surgery for correcting the instability of joints due to Congenital Atlanto Axial Malformation, and dislocation of first cervical Vertebra over 2nd cervical vertebra.

Mrs. Amrit Kaur, a school teacher from Kolkata Calcutta Emmanuel School complained of frequent headaches, neck pain, right arm pain, gait imbalance for a year. Her life became miserable and she was jolted out of her normal life. Teaching, bending, and doing other household chores became a distant dream. Even after consulting various medical professionals, her condition didn’t improve. However, Wockhardt Hospital came to the patient’s rescue and gave her a new lease of life.