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Manglauru: Doctors at Unity hospital save arm of 10-yr-old cancer patient through rare surgery

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March 3, 2015

Mangaluru, Mar 3: A complex and rare surgery was performed at city based Unity Health Complex by Dr Jalaluddin Akbar to save the arm of a 10 year-old-girl who was suffering from cancer of the right arm bone, presented to Mangalore Institute of Oncology.

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It was then planned by the Tumor Board of Mio to perform this complex surgery to child’s arm at Unity Health Complex, which has a well equipped state of art operation theatre and post-operative care.

The procedure was to remove the bone and joint of the right arm and reconstructed by taking one of the bone from leg of the patient. The surgery took 12 hours & was performed successfully for the first time in this region.

Ten years back one would have not even imagined to perform this type of surgery in India. Now the expertise and infrastructure has become available in Mangaluru and. Only a few centers in India such as Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad this surgery can be done even today.

“Instead of removing the arm, we are saving the arm and the life of the child. The only requirement is that the patients should come early to consult the doctor, so we can save the limb and life,” stated a release from the hospital.

The team of doctors who helped Jalaluddin Akbar to perform this complex procedure are Dr Suresh, Dr Imtiyaz, Dr Dinesh Kadam and Dr Mahendra Ullal.

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June 25,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 25: In a shocking development, as many as five post-graduate (PG) doctors have tested positive for coronavirus in Mangaluru. 

The one male and four female doctors – all aged around 28 years – are asymptomatic and are being treated at the designated covid hospital in the city.

All the five PG doctors of Kasturba Medical College were deputed at Govt. Lady Goschen Hospital and District Wenlock Hospital (Covid Hospital).

Meanwhile, around 30 medicos have been quarantined.

According to sources, the five doctors were staying in a residential apartment in the city. The apartment is likely to be sealed.

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February 7,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 7: To stop the NRC and CAA from being implemented everyone has to fight unitedly highlighting the failures of the ruling party, said National President of Priyadarshini squad, All India National Women’s Congress Kavya Narasimha Murthy.

Addressing the workshop for the protection of Citizenship against CAA, NRC and NPR for the party workers at the Cordel Hall, Kulshekar here Thursday by district Congress party, she said, “Protests are being held everywhere against the CAA, NRC and NPR but if we only go on protesting, the ruling party will implementing divisive policies and new laws every day.

Many think that they may not be affected by the CAA, NRC or NPR and keep away from protesting against it. The congress should fight against the CAA concentrating on three approaches. We cannot fight against divisive politics by fighting only against the CAA and NRC. We need to expose the government’s failures, their divisive politics and continue our protests against the CAA, NCR and NPR.”

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March 7,2020

Mysuru, Mar 7: Former minister and senior Congress leader and sitting MLA Tanveer Sait has shot off a letter to state Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai expressing his dissatisfaction over the slow progress in the investigations regarding the attack on him.

In the letter, which he released to the press on Saturday, he claimed that although the police have already arrested the culprit, but it is yet to find the real masterminds, leaders or organisation behind the attack.

Mr Sait urged the Home Minister to request the police to speed up their investigation and solve the case at the earliest and give him justice.

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