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Mar, 2021
On the third day of the expanded vaccination drive including senior citizens and those above 45 with co-morbidities, crowd management remained an issue in some of the public centres. Gates of the Nesco jumbo hospital in Goregaon had to…
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Mar, 2021
A 25-year-old man got a new lease of life after a bullet — stuck in his rib cage leading to a fracture and severe wound — was successfully removed in a surgery performed at Wockhardt Hospital in Maharashtra's Nagpur. The man, hailing from Madhya Pradesh, was shot by a rival in a property dispute. An immediate surgery was suggested which was not possible in his hometown. The surgery was performed…
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Feb, 2021
A team led by Dr. Abdul Hameed, a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road, successfully operated a 26-year-old accident victim for multiple facial fractures to save his eyes and eliminate the risk of vision loss. The patient was discharged without any…
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Feb, 2021
International Childhood Cancer Day 2021: February 15 marks the International Childhood Cancer Day, which marks the day to raise awareness regarding cancer among children and to provide support to the adolescents and children who are either suffering from cancer or have survived the ailment as well as their families. It is an international collaborative initiative. Every year worldwide, over three lakh children are diagnosed with cancer and in India, more than…
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Feb, 2021
The Assitant Police Inspector (API) in Mumbai got timely help after his throat got slit by a nylon kite string (manja). The incident took place on Saturday. API Rakesh Gawli, who is attached to Worli police station, wwas going…
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Feb, 2021
Ignoring the pain in the left leg turned into a nightmare for a 47-year-old businessman from Mumbai when he was diagnosed with the rare complication of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a condition wherein blood clots form in the veins that are located deep inside the body. The situation came to a point where local doctors advised him for amputation of the leg. However, his leg was saved by the timely…
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