For two years, a Regina boy's childhood was interrupted by seizures that no medication could silence — a condition that, until this summer, would have required his family to leave Saskatchewan entirely for the specialized care he needed. In July, thirteen-year-old Noah Dobson became the first child in the province to undergo SEEG-guided epilepsy surgery at Jim Pattison Children's Hospital, a procedure made possible by a robotic surgical system, a dedicated neurological team, and a community's investment in keeping families whole. He has been seizure-free since. What happened to Noah is both a
Saskatchewan's first pediatric epilepsy SEEG surgery gives Regina boy his life back
Noah Dobson experienced years of drug-resistant seizures beginning at age 11 and underwent multiple brain surgeries before achieving seizure-free status.