Patient watches Bigg Boss as doctors perform open brain surgery on him

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A 33-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh's Guntur watched Bigg Boss and Hollywood film Avatar as doctor performed a rare brain surgery on him.

According to an India Today report, doctors at Brinda Neuro Centre in Guntur conducted a critical, rare, open brain surgery on Vara Prasad for which he had to stay awake.

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The 33-year-old patient watched Bigg Boss and Avatar on a laptop as the surgery to remove recurrent glioma from his left premotor area abutting the mortal cortex was conducted by a trio of doctors.

In 2016, Vara Prasad had gone under a surgery as well but was not able to recover fully.

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After his recent surgery which went on to become historic in ways, he was discharged on Saturday.

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