Fire in Kolkata’s Rajabazar area doused after 2-hour operation

By: PTI | Kolkata | Published: February 17, 2020 8:23:00 am The fire was first spotted in a room that contained combustible materials according to the Fire Services Minister. (Representational Image/File) A massive fire broke out in a cluster of shanties in the Rajabazar area in central Kolkata on Sunday and it was doused after … Read more

Baby boy has a heart transplant from a COW in a six-hour operation to save his life

A baby boy has been fitted with a heart valve taken from a cow in a mammoth six-hour operation to save his life. Ten-month-old Bradley Harrison was born with a complex set of five heart defects which restrict blood flow through his body.  Born with a deformed pulmonary valve, he underwent grueling surgery at just … Read more

‘Life-changing’ operation that brings paralysed limbs back to life could banish pain of nerve damage

A simple hour-long operation could be ‘life-changing’ for thousands of Britons left permanently disabled due to damaged nerves. The procedure can banish the crippling, constant pain which sufferers describe as being like lying on broken glass, scorched by a flame or stung by bees. The surgery repairs nerves or replaces them with transplanted ones but … Read more