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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: Doctors removed as many as 115 iron nails from man's stomach at a state-run hospital in Bundi
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: Doctors removed as many as 115 iron nails from man's stomach at a state-run hospital in Bundi
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: Doctors removed as many as 115 iron nails from man's stomach at a state-run hospital in Bundi
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Indian doctors have saved the life of a 21-year-old man who fell off an under construction building and got himself impaled on iron rods that pierced though his chest that miraculously missed his heart but puncturing the liver. The incident happened on January 12 around 7pm when Rajendra Pal, a construction worker from West Bengal, slipped and fell off the roof of a building at a construction site in Nariman Point, Mumbai. Fortunately, Pal did not suffer any fatal injuries as the rods did not puncture most of his vital organs. Hearing the loud thud and the cries of Pal, his fellow workers rushed to the spot. They soon informed the police and fire brigade about the accident. The rescue time arrived at short notice, cut the rods off the pillar and managed to rush him to the state-run GT hospital. According to the hospital authorities, the rods had caused penetrating trauma to chest and abdomen, patient was rescued by fire brigade after cutting the 12mm construction iron rods. Dr Jitendra Sankpal, senior surgeon at GT hospital, said: "The patient was conscious when he was brought to the hospital. Two 5-ft-long iron rods pierced his abdomen and chest. However, the man was lucky as the rods did not puncture his lungs or other vital organs. When the patient was brought in, his condition was critical. On inspection, we discovered there were two 12mm iron rods, each 75cm long had penetrated through his chest and upper abdomen. According to the doctors, the first one had entered from right anterior axillary line subcutaneously to the upper side of left chest. Clothes were stuck inside the entry point of rod. The second rod had penetrated from right posterior axillary line through seventh intercostal space to epigastric region. “It was a very difficult operation. The first rod that came out though his chest barely missed the patient’s heart by 1 inch. We started the operation at 10pm and concluded it at 1am. The patient’s vitals are normal and he is out of da
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: An x-ray of Bhola Shankar's stomach shows nails accumulated inside his body at a state-run hos
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: Patient Bhola Shankar recovering after surgery in a state-run hospital in Bundi, Rajasthan, In
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: Dr Anil Saini who operated on Bhola Shankar shows the times extracted from his patient's stoma
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sudipto Maity in India An Indian man complaining of stomach ache had over 100 iron nails removed from his intestine by doctors. The operation took place on Monday in the country's north west Rajasthan state. Reports said 42-year-old Bhola Shankar had reached the government hospital in Bundi town , complaining of excruciating pain. However, it was after conducting the initial tests that doctors were left baffled. X-ray of the patient showed a cluster of a rather unusual item in the man's stomach. A CT scan confirmed the suspicion. Operating on the patient, a team of surgeons, led by Dr Anil Saini, recovered and removed at least 116 iron nails. The team also shot a video of the operation, which showed nails being extracted from the intestine of the patient. Saini said, "This is the first such case I have come across," The doctor added it may be the first time something like this took place in Rajasthan. In 2017, doctors had removed at least 150 stationary pins from a patient's stomach in the same town. "What surprised us was the length of the nails. They measured 6.5 centimetres. To have such big iron nails removed from a patient's body is unprecedented," the senior doctor added. He also called it a bizarre case. Meanwhile, doctors have deemed the patient mentally imbalanced. "The patient is not able to narrate how the nails ended up in his intestine," Saini said, adding, "He is lucky the sharp objects did not puncture his organs, else, it could have proved fatal." The patient's younger brother said the former has been taking medicine for mental illness for the last two and half decades. However, he too couldn't explain how the nails ended up there. Doctors believe the man was in the habit of swallowing sharp objects as apart from the nails, doctors also extracted metal wires. Despite the lengthy operation, the patient was recovering well. 13 May 2019 Pictured: Family members pay a visit to Patient Bhola Shankar recovering at a state-run hospital in Bund
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Battling a rare health condition that has left half of her face disfigured, a 24-year-old Indian woman says she tries to live positively despite jeers by people. Sasikala K, from Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, suffers from plexiform neurofibromatosis, which has taken a toll on her face, affecting the right side. However, she admits her confidence has taken a hit of late. Sasikala, who prefers to live boldly and does not cover her face, likes dressing up and wearing make-up, much like girls her age, though she finds it difficult to execute them owing to her complications. She was only six-months-old when her parents noticed a part of her face swelling. However, they waited for another one and a half years to get medical help. “I have always been very bold, however, with age, the condition progressed and no one has come for help,” she says, adding, “I am slowly losing my confidence.” According to medical experts, her condition affects the face and craniofacial region of the body. It can also affect the neck and other parts of the body, depending upon the host. The family had not considered the deformity to be a big issue until Sasikala turned six and the face started to swell at an unusual rate. Now, almost 18 years later, she finds it difficult to execute daily chores like eating and brushing. The 24-year old is an employee at an embroidery unit run by a trust. Sasikala took it up as a means to support her family after completing her diploma in nursing and unable to land a job in the hospitality sector. Kumar, 54, Sasikala’s father, says his daughter has been under the knife four times, but it has only gotten worse. “She was six when doctors operated upon her for the first time,” Kumar says. “The result was satisfying and she looked normal,” he added. However, the joy was short-lived, as the tumours grew back again. Kumar says upon approaching the doctors again, he was told that it could be controlled but wou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Battling a rare health condition that has left half of her face disfigured, a 24-year-old Indian woman says she tries to live positively despite jeers by people. Sasikala K, from Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, suffers from plexiform neurofibromatosis, which has taken a toll on her face, affecting the right side. However, she admits her confidence has taken a hit of late. Sasikala, who prefers to live boldly and does not cover her face, likes dressing up and wearing make-up, much like girls her age, though she finds it difficult to execute them owing to her complications. She was only six-months-old when her parents noticed a part of her face swelling. However, they waited for another one and a half years to get medical help. “I have always been very bold, however, with age, the condition progressed and no one has come for help,” she says, adding, “I am slowly losing my confidence.” According to medical experts, her condition affects the face and craniofacial region of the body. It can also affect the neck and other parts of the body, depending upon the host. The family had not considered the deformity to be a big issue until Sasikala turned six and the face started to swell at an unusual rate. Now, almost 18 years later, she finds it difficult to execute daily chores like eating and brushing. The 24-year old is an employee at an embroidery unit run by a trust. Sasikala took it up as a means to support her family after completing her diploma in nursing and unable to land a job in the hospitality sector. Kumar, 54, Sasikala’s father, says his daughter has been under the knife four times, but it has only gotten worse. “She was six when doctors operated upon her for the first time,” Kumar says. “The result was satisfying and she looked normal,” he added. However, the joy was short-lived, as the tumours grew back again. Kumar says upon approaching the doctors again, he was told that it could be controlled but wou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Battling a rare health condition that has left half of her face disfigured, a 24-year-old Indian woman says she tries to live positively despite jeers by people. Sasikala K, from Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, suffers from plexiform neurofibromatosis, which has taken a toll on her face, affecting the right side. However, she admits her confidence has taken a hit of late. Sasikala, who prefers to live boldly and does not cover her face, likes dressing up and wearing make-up, much like girls her age, though she finds it difficult to execute them owing to her complications. She was only six-months-old when her parents noticed a part of her face swelling. However, they waited for another one and a half years to get medical help. “I have always been very bold, however, with age, the condition progressed and no one has come for help,” she says, adding, “I am slowly losing my confidence.” According to medical experts, her condition affects the face and craniofacial region of the body. It can also affect the neck and other parts of the body, depending upon the host. The family had not considered the deformity to be a big issue until Sasikala turned six and the face started to swell at an unusual rate. Now, almost 18 years later, she finds it difficult to execute daily chores like eating and brushing. The 24-year old is an employee at an embroidery unit run by a trust. Sasikala took it up as a means to support her family after completing her diploma in nursing and unable to land a job in the hospitality sector. Kumar, 54, Sasikala’s father, says his daughter has been under the knife four times, but it has only gotten worse. “She was six when doctors operated upon her for the first time,” Kumar says. “The result was satisfying and she looked normal,” he added. However, the joy was short-lived, as the tumours grew back again. Kumar says upon approaching the doctors again, he was told that it could be controlled but wou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Battling a rare health condition that has left half of her face disfigured, a 24-year-old Indian woman says she tries to live positively despite jeers by people. Sasikala K, from Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, suffers from plexiform neurofibromatosis, which has taken a toll on her face, affecting the right side. However, she admits her confidence has taken a hit of late. Sasikala, who prefers to live boldly and does not cover her face, likes dressing up and wearing make-up, much like girls her age, though she finds it difficult to execute them owing to her complications. She was only six-months-old when her parents noticed a part of her face swelling. However, they waited for another one and a half years to get medical help. “I have always been very bold, however, with age, the condition progressed and no one has come for help,” she says, adding, “I am slowly losing my confidence.” According to medical experts, her condition affects the face and craniofacial region of the body. It can also affect the neck and other parts of the body, depending upon the host. The family had not considered the deformity to be a big issue until Sasikala turned six and the face started to swell at an unusual rate. Now, almost 18 years later, she finds it difficult to execute daily chores like eating and brushing. The 24-year old is an employee at an embroidery unit run by a trust. Sasikala took it up as a means to support her family after completing her diploma in nursing and unable to land a job in the hospitality sector. Kumar, 54, Sasikala’s father, says his daughter has been under the knife four times, but it has only gotten worse. “She was six when doctors operated upon her for the first time,” Kumar says. “The result was satisfying and she looked normal,” he added. However, the joy was short-lived, as the tumours grew back again. Kumar says upon approaching the doctors again, he was told that it could be controlled but wou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Battling a rare health condition that has left half of her face disfigured, a 24-year-old Indian woman says she tries to live positively despite jeers by people. Sasikala K, from Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, suffers from plexiform neurofibromatosis, which has taken a toll on her face, affecting the right side. However, she admits her confidence has taken a hit of late. Sasikala, who prefers to live boldly and does not cover her face, likes dressing up and wearing make-up, much like girls her age, though she finds it difficult to execute them owing to her complications. She was only six-months-old when her parents noticed a part of her face swelling. However, they waited for another one and a half years to get medical help. “I have always been very bold, however, with age, the condition progressed and no one has come for help,” she says, adding, “I am slowly losing my confidence.” According to medical experts, her condition affects the face and craniofacial region of the body. It can also affect the neck and other parts of the body, depending upon the host. The family had not considered the deformity to be a big issue until Sasikala turned six and the face started to swell at an unusual rate. Now, almost 18 years later, she finds it difficult to execute daily chores like eating and brushing. The 24-year old is an employee at an embroidery unit run by a trust. Sasikala took it up as a means to support her family after completing her diploma in nursing and unable to land a job in the hospitality sector. Kumar, 54, Sasikala’s father, says his daughter has been under the knife four times, but it has only gotten worse. “She was six when doctors operated upon her for the first time,” Kumar says. “The result was satisfying and she looked normal,” he added. However, the joy was short-lived, as the tumours grew back again. Kumar says upon approaching the doctors again, he was told that it could be controlled but wou
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Battling a rare health condition that has left half of her face disfigured, a 24-year-old Indian woman says she tries to live positively despite jeers by people. Sasikala K, from Chennai, the capital of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, suffers from plexiform neurofibromatosis, which has taken a toll on her face, affecting the right side. However, she admits her confidence has taken a hit of late. Sasikala, who prefers to live boldly and does not cover her face, likes dressing up and wearing make-up, much like girls her age, though she finds it difficult to execute them owing to her complications. She was only six-months-old when her parents noticed a part of her face swelling. However, they waited for another one and a half years to get medical help. “I have always been very bold, however, with age, the condition progressed and no one has come for help,” she says, adding, “I am slowly losing my confidence.” According to medical experts, her condition affects the face and craniofacial region of the body. It can also affect the neck and other parts of the body, depending upon the host. The family had not considered the deformity to be a big issue until Sasikala turned six and the face started to swell at an unusual rate. Now, almost 18 years later, she finds it difficult to execute daily chores like eating and brushing. The 24-year old is an employee at an embroidery unit run by a trust. Sasikala took it up as a means to support her family after completing her diploma in nursing and unable to land a job in the hospitality sector. Kumar, 54, Sasikala’s father, says his daughter has been under the knife four times, but it has only gotten worse. “She was six when doctors operated upon her for the first time,” Kumar says. “The result was satisfying and she looked normal,” he added. However, the joy was short-lived, as the tumours grew back again. Kumar says upon approaching the doctors again, he was told that it could be controlled but wou
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  • A 75-year-old man suffering from a rare disease has grown a Hellboy-like horn on his head. Shyamal Lal Yadav, hailing from Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffered an injury on his head five years ago. Yadav claims that a horn-like structure started developing in the middle of his head after that. Yadav saw several doctors, but ‘all of them looked clueless’. He finally got the horn sliced with the help of a barber. “I thought to myself finally I had got good riddance from the devil’s horn. But my happiness was short-lived,” said Yadav. As feared, the horn started to grow back on his head and he was completely clueless about his next course of action Fortunately, the growth did not cause any physical discomfort or snowball into a medical issue. But, it had certainly made him a laughing stock. He was embarrassed to roam around in public with the unnatural growth on his head. “I kept doing the rounds of hospitals, but nothing happened. Then I asked my barber to cut the horn with the shaving blade. He did manage to cut it off, but the horn grew back in some time at the same spot,” said the ‘real-life Hellboy’. According to Yadav, he travelled to Bhopal (around 170km from Sagar) and Nagpur (around 388km from his home) to consult senior experts, however, had to come back as he could not afford the cost of the operation. The medical fraternity was in a tizzy as they hadn’t witnessed anything like that. His quest finally ended at a private clinic run by Dr. Vishal Gajbhiye in his home town Sagar. Dr. Gajbhiye said,” “The four-inch horn was solid and had sizable thickness.” The physician carried out a CT scan to ensure that the horn wasn’t deep enough to require the intervention of a neurosurgeon. The physician went ahead with the head surgery to remove the horn. After the horn was removed, the surgeons used the skin of Yadav’s forehead to fill up the gap through plastic surgery. Dr. Gajbhiye calls it a rare case and claimed t
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  • A 75-year-old man suffering from a rare disease has grown a Hellboy-like horn on his head. Shyamal Lal Yadav, hailing from Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffered an injury on his head five years ago. Yadav claims that a horn-like structure started developing in the middle of his head after that. Yadav saw several doctors, but ‘all of them looked clueless’. He finally got the horn sliced with the help of a barber. “I thought to myself finally I had got good riddance from the devil’s horn. But my happiness was short-lived,” said Yadav. As feared, the horn started to grow back on his head and he was completely clueless about his next course of action Fortunately, the growth did not cause any physical discomfort or snowball into a medical issue. But, it had certainly made him a laughing stock. He was embarrassed to roam around in public with the unnatural growth on his head. “I kept doing the rounds of hospitals, but nothing happened. Then I asked my barber to cut the horn with the shaving blade. He did manage to cut it off, but the horn grew back in some time at the same spot,” said the ‘real-life Hellboy’. According to Yadav, he travelled to Bhopal (around 170km from Sagar) and Nagpur (around 388km from his home) to consult senior experts, however, had to come back as he could not afford the cost of the operation. The medical fraternity was in a tizzy as they hadn’t witnessed anything like that. His quest finally ended at a private clinic run by Dr. Vishal Gajbhiye in his home town Sagar. Dr. Gajbhiye said,” “The four-inch horn was solid and had sizable thickness.” The physician carried out a CT scan to ensure that the horn wasn’t deep enough to require the intervention of a neurosurgeon. The physician went ahead with the head surgery to remove the horn. After the horn was removed, the surgeons used the skin of Yadav’s forehead to fill up the gap through plastic surgery. Dr. Gajbhiye calls it a rare case and claimed t
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  • A 75-year-old man suffering from a rare disease has grown a Hellboy-like horn on his head. Shyamal Lal Yadav, hailing from Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh in central India, suffered an injury on his head five years ago. Yadav claims that a horn-like structure started developing in the middle of his head after that. Yadav saw several doctors, but ‘all of them looked clueless’. He finally got the horn sliced with the help of a barber. “I thought to myself finally I had got good riddance from the devil’s horn. But my happiness was short-lived,” said Yadav. As feared, the horn started to grow back on his head and he was completely clueless about his next course of action Fortunately, the growth did not cause any physical discomfort or snowball into a medical issue. But, it had certainly made him a laughing stock. He was embarrassed to roam around in public with the unnatural growth on his head. “I kept doing the rounds of hospitals, but nothing happened. Then I asked my barber to cut the horn with the shaving blade. He did manage to cut it off, but the horn grew back in some time at the same spot,” said the ‘real-life Hellboy’. According to Yadav, he travelled to Bhopal (around 170km from Sagar) and Nagpur (around 388km from his home) to consult senior experts, however, had to come back as he could not afford the cost of the operation. The medical fraternity was in a tizzy as they hadn’t witnessed anything like that. His quest finally ended at a private clinic run by Dr. Vishal Gajbhiye in his home town Sagar. Dr. Gajbhiye said,” “The four-inch horn was solid and had sizable thickness.” The physician carried out a CT scan to ensure that the horn wasn’t deep enough to require the intervention of a neurosurgeon. The physician went ahead with the head surgery to remove the horn. After the horn was removed, the surgeons used the skin of Yadav’s forehead to fill up the gap through plastic surgery. Dr. Gajbhiye calls it a rare case and claimed t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: By Sanjay Pandey/Newslions A gunshot in the head is sure shot death sentence. But a 23-year-old Indian man who was shot in the face from close range by bike-borne robbers and lived five days with a 3-cm-long bullet lodged inside his face, has miraculously survived to tell his tale. Thanks to the talented surgeons pulled out the bullet through his nostrils at state-run JJ Hospital in Mumbai . Tanveer Ahmed Ansari, a small-time businessman from Gorakhpur in north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was shot in the forehead by the robbers as he refused to let go of his bag that had Rs 150,000 ($2,350). The bullet pierced through his forehead and got lodged in his left nose, miraculously missing his brains. According to the doctor, if the bullet had gone straight, he would died on the spot. The incident happened in the broad daylight in Gorakhpur town on December 7. Ansari’s family took him to several doctors, but they won’t take him in. Though he blinded in the left eye, Ansari never gave up on hope. He endured all the pain with the 3-cm-long bullet lodged hoping that doctors in Mumbai, around 1575km from the crime scene. Finally, the surgeons in Mumbai agreed to remove the bullet and they did so though nasal cavity of the patient. They made a small incision on the patient’s face. Pictures and video of before and after the operation show Ansari serious wound and the procedure though which the doctors at JJ Hospital extracted the bullets. The X-ray scans released by the hospital shows the exact place where the bullet was stuck in his face. It was because of the positioning of the bullet, the doctors decided not to make any incision and extract the bullet through his nostrils. The procedure is called modified endoscopy where surgical instruments are attached to an inspection tube that inserted inside the body. Ansari has now recovered and has been released from the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital on December 12 and the same day the doctors decided t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • January 2, 2018 - Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Doctors and Medical students rallied with poster against National Medical Commission bill in Kolkata. Doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and medical student participate in a rally to protest against National Medical Commission (NMC) bill on January 02, 2017 in Kolkata. (Credit Image: © Saikat Paul/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • January 2, 2018 - Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Doctors and Medical students rallied with poster against National Medical Commission bill in Kolkata. Doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and medical student participate in a rally to protest against National Medical Commission (NMC) bill on January 02, 2017 in Kolkata. (Credit Image: © Saikat Paul/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Erramatti Mangayamma, 73, was so desperate and determined to have a baby that she ‘underaged herself’ to avoid the chances of being ruled out for the IVF treatment. "She lied about her age to avail the treatment. But after fact-checking with her husband and kin, who in turn submitted her school records, we discovered that she was born on September 1, 1946. And we got to know about this after she conceived,” said Dr. S Umashankar, who headed the team of doctors at Ahalya Nursing Home in the southern Indian Andhra Pradesh state's Guntur town. The doctors told the family that they have to live in the hospital during the entire course of pregnancy. “I told her husband that I cannot let you go home as they would jeopardise our treatment plan,” said Dr Uma Shankar. 
Erramatti and her husband were fine with that arrangement. “But we didn’t know how to organise funds for such a pro-longed treatment and stay at the hospital.
It was then the hospital administration told us that we don’t need to worry about the expenses as the entire cost of treatment would be borne by the hospital trust,” said the new mother. The hospital authorities knew that they were staring at an even bigger challenge after they discovered that woman was carrying twins. It was a double whammy for the team. First the woman was 73 and not 65 as claimed by her and secondly, she had conceived twins. “We formed three teams for her. One to look at her nutrition status, second one looked at her cardiac and other health parameters and the third one looked into her pregnancy status,” said Dr Uma Shankar. So finally six-decade-long wait came to end. Mangayamma gave birth to two healthy baby girls on Sept. 5 morning. “Now, no one call me sterile. I thank god and the doctors who have this possible,” said an emotional Erramatti struggling to hold back her tears. Hailing from Nelapartipadu village in East Godavari district, Mangayamma was childless after 54 years of marriage. Sh
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  • January 2, 2018 - Kolkata, West Bengal, India - Doctors and Medical students rallied with poster against National Medical Commission bill in Kolkata. Doctors of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and medical student participate in a rally to protest against National Medical Commission (NMC) bill on January 02, 2017 in Kolkata. (Credit Image: © Saikat Paul/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire)
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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  • By Sanjay Pandey in India for MailOnline This 40-year-old gritty man not only survived 12 hours with a 5ft long and tree branch lodged in his neck and head, but also managed to travel 60km with the (wood) staff to a private hospital in Bangalore, India. Farm labourer Nanjesha HN, who hails from Amruthur in Tumkur district of south Indian state of Karnataka, had met with a road accident and got himself impaled on the branch (3cm in diameter) on December 22. The staff pierced through his neck - entering from the left of the neck and exiting on the right side behind the ear. A team of doctors from Sparsh Hospital, Yeshwantpur, successfully removed the branch and saved his life. Four months on, the patient has recovered well and is able to narrate his own story. “On December 22, I was riding a two-wheeler from my house and was heading toward Kunigal to attend the funeral of a relative. I veered to my left to avoid an oncoming truck. But I lost my balance and impaled myself on a dried up branch lying on the ground,” said Nanjesha, still struggling to speak clearly. “It pierced through my neck and emerged on the other side from behind my ear. I was bleeding profusely and had to keep my mouth wide open, gasping for breath. At that time, I didn’t know whether I would live to see the next morning. But I never gave up and kept fighting for survival,” he added. Luckily for Nanjesha, a passersby spotted him and called an ambulance. Though the vehicle reached in 20 minutes and he was taken to the nearby Kunigal government hospital, the doctors refused to take his case. “The doctor didn’t even touch me. I was still on the ambulance, so they decided to take me to another nearby hospital in Belluru Cross,” Nanjesha recalled. From there, he was taken to a private medical college where doctors administered first aid. Since the patient’s airways were obstructed, the doctors had to do a tracheostomy near his throat to provide an air passage to help him breathe. “I w
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