What if doctors could practise your surgery on a virtual you first? Welcome to the future of Indian healthcare – ET HealthWorld

What if doctors could practise your surgery on a virtual you first? Welcome to the future of Indian healthcare – ET HealthWorld

Imagine practising a surgery on a virtual version of your body before doctors operate on the real you. That’s not science fiction anymore; it’s happening in India. As quoted by TOI, senior heart transplant surgeon Dr K R Balakrishnan now makes a stop at IIT Madras before performing surgeries on complicated heart patients. At the … Read more

Ovarian cyst surgery: ‘I feel forgotten after 100 weeks on urgent list’

Ovarian cyst surgery: ‘I feel forgotten after 100 weeks on urgent list’

BBC Tracey Meechan Tracey Meechan’s pain from an ovarian cyst is so severe she can’t bend over – she relies on her children to help her put her shoes and socks on. Every day the 41-year-old wakes up and wonders if any new symptoms are going to appear. She has been on an “urgent” NHS … Read more

‘One-of-a-kind’ girl born with heart outside chest has pioneering surgery

‘One-of-a-kind’ girl born with heart outside chest has pioneering surgery

Sarah Hawley BBC News, East Midlands Supplied Vanellope Hope Wilkins, now aged seven, was born with her heart outside of her body Vanellope Hope Wilkins made medical history when she was born with her heart outside of her body in 2017. Described by experts as “one of a kind”, Vanellope had three operations to place … Read more

China’s plastic surgery boom: ‘I’ve had 100 operations and will never stop’

China’s plastic surgery boom: ‘I’ve had 100 operations and will never stop’

Natalia Zuo BBC Eye, World Service Investigations BBC Abby Wu, who’s had more than 100 operations, is one of China’s first cosmetic surgery influencers Abby Wu was just 14 when she had cosmetic surgery for the first time. After receiving hormone treatment for an illness, Abby’s weight increased from 42kg (6 stone 8lbs) to 62kg … Read more

Northeast’s first robotic surgery facility unveiled in Assam

Northeast’s first robotic surgery facility unveiled in Assam

GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday (April 13, 2025) inaugurated the first robotic surgery facility of the northeast at the State Cancer Institute of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. He said the robotic surgery unit, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for better cancer care in the region, struck the right note for the … Read more

NHS Wales: ‘Fit and well’ surgery waitlist details to be revealed

NHS Wales: ‘Fit and well’ surgery waitlist details to be revealed

Jenny Rees Health correspondent, BBC Wales News Getty Images There could be increased levels of intervention to get patients fit for surgery, such as people being asked to lose weight or exercise more, before they are placed on a waiting list More details on plans to only add people who are “fit and well” to … Read more

Big drop in child surgery for objects swallowed or stuck up nose

Big drop in child surgery for objects swallowed or stuck up nose

Society’s move to cashless payments may have had an unintended positive side effect, surgeons say – fewer children needing operations or procedures to remove swallowed coins. The Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) experts looked back over hospital records in England since the Millennium. Procedures to remove foreign objects, including coins, from children’s throats, airways and … Read more

Madhya Pradesh police verifying age of 17-year-old rape accused; five-year-old survivor stable after surgery

Madhya Pradesh police verifying age of 17-year-old rape accused; five-year-old survivor stable after surgery

Representative image | Photo Credit: Representative Image The Madhya Pradesh Police are currently verifying the age of a 17-year-old boy, accused of brutally raping a five-year-old girl in Shivpuri district even as the survivor continues to remain under observation after surgery at a Gwalior hospital, officers said.  The accused’s official age is currently 17 years … Read more

Brain surgery took all my childhood memories – will i forget my fiance after second op?

Brain surgery took all my childhood memories – will i forget my fiance after second op?

Debbie Jackson BBC Scotland News Weronika Somerville Weronika Somerville lost all her childhood memories after brain surgery when she was 14 years old When 14-year-old Weronika Somerville woke up from brain surgery to remove a tumour, she didn’t recognise the people in her hospital room. They were her parents. On the way to a post-op … Read more