A team led by Dr Amaresh Rao Malempati, professor and head of the department of cardio-thoracic surgery, performed a critical surgery.
Nanda was initially treated at the area hospital in Bhadrachalam, where he was stabilised but due to the complicated injury he was referred to MGM Hospital in Warangal.(Creative Common)
Doctors at the Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences in Hyderabad performed life-saving surgery on Saturday, 24 May, on a 17-year-old boy from the Gutti Koya tribe of the Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. The operation, lasting four hours, involved delicate procedures to remove an arrow lodged dangerously between Nandu’s heart and lungs, said the doctors.