Another eunuch undergoes sex change surgery

Vellore, Tamil Nadu, Aug 10 (UNI) Encouraged by the successful sex change surgery undergone by Simran on August 2,2006, a fellow eunuch, Bhanumathi, underwent the surgery at the Vellore Government Medical College Hospital.

Hospital Dean Dr S Manivel told newspersons here yesterday that the surgery was performed on Bhanumathi successfully and her health condition was normal.

Simran was recovering well after the successful surgery, he added. The Tamil Nadu Government had announced that such surgeries would be performed on eunuchs free of cost to enable their entry into the mainstream of society and save them from social ostracisation.

The hospital had received as many as 12 applications for the surgery. Of them, eight were shortlisted as the remaining four tested positive for HIV. The others would come under the scalpel in phases.

UNI