Surgery cure for OCD patient

Washing hands under a running tap was never enough for Jyoti Salunkhe,a 32-years old from a village in Jalgaon taluka. She would follow it up with an arcane ritual-filling her mouth with water,spitting it out at four distinct spots on her left hand and anotherfive on her right hand.It would take 50-at times,90-such rounds of washing hands every day to fears of contamination.Doctors from Sion Hospital's new neuropsychiatric surgery service operated on Salunkhe,free of cost,on April11.The operation was the first for a public hospital as well as in Mumbai health establishment.Neurosurgeon Alok Sharma and psychiatrist Nilesh Shah said that they are pleased with how well she has responded to surgery.