Mr Mano Shanmuganathan 2018-01-03 Person 5 5 0

At the end of Jan 2017, my youngest son Eoin ( who was 2) fell off the arm of a chair. He was admitted to Antrim Hospital the following day were he remained very sleepy with no energy. Two days later he was transferred to the Royal Hospital in Belfast and that evening underwent an operation to save his wee life. Pressure in Eoin's head was moving from one side of his brain to the other and would have eventually pressed down on his organs and ended his life. Mano and his team preformed a craniotomy which involved removing a bone from Eoin's skull and 'preserving' it in his tummy. This was to decrease the swelling and ultimately save our son's life. Mano and his colleagues were all on call that night and if the truth be told Mano was about to relax, sit down and watch a football match! We met Mano for the first time after the operation. Eoins hope of survival and making a full recovery was bleak to say the least but somehow I always felt that being under his care he would make it. Words which I would best use to describe Mano correctly would be that of a miracle worker. He was direct and honest with us but at all times reassuring. Eoin returned to the Royal Hospital in June 2017 to have the bone removed from his tummy and placed back in his skull. For my husband and family this was again a very frightening time for us all again but Mano assured us that this operation was somewhat ' simple' compared to his initial one. We put our trust in him yet again and thanks to him and his team it was performed with no complications. I would recommend Mano without a second of hesitation. He is a warm, caring, friendly individual who is absolutely excellent at his job. We can't thank him enough for saving our son's life.