A team of experienced doctors from different disciplines at the Kalaburagi branch of United Hospital, a super-speciality centre for accident trauma and critical care, successfully performed a complex surgical procedure to rescue a patient from the jaws of death.
Addressing a media conference at the hospital in Kalaburagi on May 18, Dr. Veena Siddareddy, Director and Senior Ophthalmologist, said that the male patient, aged 33 years, was assaulted with a sharp object. He suffered an injury on his face and was battling for life when he was admitted around 10.20 a.m. on April 11. He had lost about two litres of blood. His his facial bones and muscles had been displaced, apart from severe contamination of the exposed tissues.
