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ZIKRA SHAIKH’S

JOURNEY OF RESILIENCE

AND MEDICAL DISCOVERY

consulting with specialists at
Wadia Hospital in Mumbai.
Given her history of brain
bleeding or blockage, she was
advised to undergo EEG and
MRI investigations, leading
to a referral to Holy Family
Hospital in suburban Mumbai.
Eventually, she was referred to
the SRCC Children's Hospital for
further evaluation and care.

According to Zikra's
medical history, she has been
diagnosed with cerebral palsy,
cognitive delay, cortical vision
impairment, severe epilepsy
syndromes, and an intra-
parenchymal bleed resulting
two-year-old girl from Mumbai, Zikra Shaikh visited the from vitamin K deficiency.
SRCC Children's Hospital in South Mumbai in December Aside from these conditions,
A 21 for an eye evaluation. She is the first child born there are no records of any
2
0
into a non-consanguineous marriage, delivered via C-section other systemic illnesses. From
at full term with a birth weight of 2.5 kilograms. Zikra's parents July to October 2022, Zikra
expressed concerns about her difficulty in making eye contact, experienced increased seizure
issues with fixation, and squinting in one eye. At three months frequency and exhibited tonic
old, she received the polio vaccination (IPV) intramuscularly, posturing for a brief period,
but her mother noticed excessive bleeding from the injection along with eye deviation.
site, leading to her admission at Cooper Hospital. During her Her ocular history reveals a
four-and-a-half-month stay, Zikra required ventilation on two diagnosis of cerebral palsy with
occasions. At six months old, she had her first seizure at home cognitive delay and impaired
and was subsequently started on anti-epileptic medication after cortical vision. There is no

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