World’s largest brain tumour removed

ISLAMABAD—A tumour of the size of a large ball was removed from the brain cavity of a woman at a city hospital in New Delhi. The doctors claimed that it was the “largest brain tumour removal surgery performed anywhere in the world”, All India Radio (AIR) reported. Doctors at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital said Sugra Bibi, 50, wife of Ali Ahemad from Jammu, was operated by a team of neurosurgeons. It was the largest brain tumour removal operation conducted anywhere in the world,” Rana Patir, head of the department of neurosurgery at the hospital, said. A team of doctors led by Patir took over six hours to remove the tumour.—Agencies