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Doctors’ first priority not to amputate Muktamoni
Doctors at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) will try to conduct the first surgery on 12-year-old girl Muktamoni, who has been suffering from an “unknown disease”, without amputating her right hand.
First operation of 'Tree man' ‘successful’
A Bangladeshi man, who is thought to be suffering from a rare skin disorder, undergoes his first surgery successfully at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital.
8-day-old conjoined twins successfully separated
Eight-day-old twin girls who were joined at the liver and chest are successfully separated by doctors in Switzerland.
One in three older women suffer from Osteoporosis
Around the world, 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men are at risk of an osteoporosis fracture, says the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF).
World's first penis transplant patient fathers a child (video)
A young South African man who had the world's first successful penis transplant last December has impregnates his girlfriend.
Foetus found in infant’s belly
A team of five doctors operated on a seven-month-old girl and has recover a 700 gram male foetus from her belly.