I'd surgery in Panama to alter my eye color – but end up blind'

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A student, Shenise Farrell from London was left temporarily blind after surgery to change the colour of her eyes.

Shenise Farrell travelled to Panama, in Central America, for the unregulated procedure to change her eye colour from dark brown to light brown.  She spent £8,000 on the operation but it went wrong and she was almost left permanently blind.

Cancer Patient Debbie Osarere's Surgery Successful In US

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Nearly all of you'll remember Debbie, the 28 year old lady who had been diagnosed with Cancer couple of years ago. N6million raised on her behalf online this past year mostly through blogs for her  to be treated in the US. She has had her breast surgery and her breasts were completely removed after 12months of chemotherapy. The breasts removed will be replaced with implants and Debbie will be back again to Nigeria, once that's done. Thank God for making #savedebbie a success.

Video: 'Pregnant' 2-Year-Old Boy Had Parasitic Twin Removed From His Stomach After Surgery

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A two-year-old boy from Huaxi, has undergone an operation to provide'birth'after doctors diagnosed him as'pregnant '. Xiao Feng, was delivered to hospital after his stomach had become so distended he had begun to suffer breathing difficulties. Doctors took x-rays and MRI scans and unearthed that Feng was carrying the undeveloped foteus of their own twin inside his stomach and they rushed him to surgery. The removed foetus measured 20 cm in width and had an entirely formed spine and limbs, including fingers and toes. The parasitic twin could have developed into a child and had grown so large that almost 2/3rds of his affected twin's stomach was taken up. 

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'Pregnant' 2-Year-Old Boy Had Parasitic Twin Removed From His Stomach After Surgery - Video

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Nigeria: FG Resuscitates Open Heart Surgery

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A decade after the federal government suspended the operations of open heart surgeries in the country, the open heart surgery unit at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, has been resuscitated to avail Nigerians the opportunity of getting the service at a subsidised rate of N500,000.

The unit was suspended a decade ago following the movement of the UNTH from the old site within the Enugu metropolis to its permanent site at Ituku-Ozala.

Briefing journalists at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting yesterday, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, said his Ministry of Health counterpart, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, briefed the council on the issue, indicating that with the development, Nigerians now have the chance to have the operation within the country without having to travel abroad.

Just last month, Chukwu inaugurated the heart surgery unit at the UNTH, noting that it was in line with the transformation programme of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration.

According to him, the resuscitation became necessary in order to forestall the current trend whereby "Nigerians are flown abroad for medical missions which is not the best for us."

Pope Benedict Had Secret Heart Surgery

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The Pope had a pacemaker fitted less than three months before the announcement of his resignation, in an operation that had remained a secret until Tuesday.

Speculations about Pope Benedict XVI’s declining health and the bitter power struggles in the Vatican gripped the world following the shock news of the pontiff’s resignation.

It emerged that the 85-year-old Benedict—who abdicated on health grounds—visited a Rome hospital just three months ago to have a new pacemaker fitted.

Opa Williams undergoes successful Surgery in India

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A week after disclosing on his Facebook page that he was off to India for surgery, Nollywood producer and director Opa Williams has undergone successful surgery...for an undisclosed ailment. Opa's media reps said this weekend that the founder of Nite of a Thousand Laughs is hale and hearty and the doctors in India have given him a clean bill of health. He is expected back in Nigeria sometime this week.