Now, robot drill for 50 times faster skull surgery
The automated drill reduces the time for bone removal from two hours using a hand drill to 2.5 minutes.
May 02, 2017, 00:34 AM IST
Decision to shift world's heaviest woman to UAE a blunder, says Dr Muffazal Lakdawala
Eman, believed to be the heaviest woman in the world when she arrived for treatment at Saifee Hospital here in February, is going to be shifted to a hospital at Abu Dhabi.
Apr 29, 2017, 23:52 PM IST
Child with rare craniovertebral junction cured through complex surgery
According to doctors, such abnormalities can often prove to be life threatening as nerves inside the spinal cord leading to the brain and the brain stem get damaged or squeezed during surgery.
Apr 29, 2017, 18:35 PM IST
Police complaint filed against world's heaviest woman's sister Shaimaa
The complaint was filed against Egyptian national Shaimaa Selim for obstructing the medical treatment of her sister Eman, who was admitted for weight loss.
This Bangladeshi toddler born with three legs can now 'kick the ball' after surgery in Australia
Born with three legs because body parts of a twin had grown inside her, Choity returned to her hometown in Bangladesh after a surgery in Australia enabled her to walk and run again.
Apr 28, 2017, 21:01 PM IST
After spat over treatment, 'world's heaviest woman' Eman Ahmed to be now shifted to UAE hospital
Amid war of words between Eman Ahmed's relatives and doctors treating the world's heaviest woman over her actual weight loss, the Egyptian national will now be shifted to a hospital in Abu Dhabi.
Apr 27, 2017, 20:26 PM IST
Massive nine kg tumour removed from Rajasthan man's leg, patient walks out satisfied
A resident of Ganganager, in Rajasthan, was diagnosed of Large Soft Tissue Sarcoma (9Kg), with Neuro Vascular involvement.
Apr 26, 2017, 16:23 PM IST
Doctors at Coimbatore hospital perform robotic whipples surgery on 14-year-old girl
Hospital Chairman and Chief Surgeon Dr C Palanivelu told reporters here today that the girl was referred to the hospital after being evaluated outside, with pancreatic tumour called solid pseudo papillary tumor of pancreas, which is common in young women in their early 20's.
Apr 22, 2017, 19:07 PM IST
Hospital successfully performs robotic surgery to treat patients with rare medical condition
Robotic surgery performed at a hospital has successfully relieved a 37-year-old patient of acute abdominal pain caused by a rare medical condition.
Apr 21, 2017, 20:19 PM IST
Even after losing 242 kg in two months, Eman Ahmed will never be able to walk again
Eman Ahmed, who weighed almost 500 kg and was known as world's heaviest woman, has dropped down her body size to half and lost about 250 kg in just two months.
Apr 15, 2017, 12:29 PM IST
28-year-old Mumbai woman accidentally swallows 5.2-cm-long pin; saved by doctors
While trying to veil, it went inside her mouth and from there, landed directly into her small intestine.
Apr 11, 2017, 13:14 PM IST
Doctors at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital remove huge tumour from infant's spine
A five-day old infant recently underwent a risky surgery at Chennai's Kauvery Hospital to remove a 15 cm by 18 cm tumour located on the back of her spine.
Apr 11, 2017, 10:20 AM IST
World's heaviest woman Eman touches her face with her hand, blows kiss to doctor
Physiotherapy is working as Eman was able to touch her face with her hand last week and blow a kiss to Dr Muffazal Lakdwala, her doctor.
Apr 09, 2017, 10:36 AM IST
India's single largest bladder stone weighing 1.4 kg removed, says doctor
In a rare medical case, doctor at a private hospital in Gujarat has removed a stone weighing 1.4 kg from the urinary bladder of a patient.
Apr 08, 2017, 23:25 PM IST
Nursing staff declare newborn dead – Read story to know what happened next
The incident happened at the hospital, when the on-duty nursing staff performed the delivery of 25-year-old Durgesh Rathore, a resident of Barnara village under Silor primary health centre of district.
Apr 05, 2017, 14:25 PM IST
World's heaviest woman Eman Ahmed suffers from rare gene defect causing obesity
The world heaviest woman Eman Ahmed has a rare genetic defect that has made her abnormally obese, according to doctors treating her.
Mar 30, 2017, 00:32 AM IST
World's heaviest man weighing 595 kilos to undergo surgery
Patient Juan Pedro Franco, who once weighed more than half a ton at 595 kilos, has been on a three-month diet to prepare for the operation on May 9
Mar 29, 2017, 09:25 AM IST
Doctors remove rare parasitic twin from 10-month-old girl's back
Doctors say parasitic twins - asymmetric conjoined twins in which one depends on the other's bodily functions -- are extremely rare.
Mar 26, 2017, 13:11 PM IST
World's heaviest woman is all smiles after dropping 140 kilos; at 358kg, she looks 'fit and fine'
Having lost nearly 140 kilos after undergoing bariatric surgery in Mumbai's Saifee Hospital, Eman is on the way to a steady, though slow recovery.
Mar 25, 2017, 13:46 PM IST
World's heaviest woman, Eman Ahmed, loses weight; multiple ailments perplex Mumbai doctors
"There is a long way to go before we can say Eman Ahmed is finally out of the woods,” said Dr Lakdawala.
Mar 19, 2017, 15:21 PM IST
