In a rare surgery performed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Vishnu Prasad Nandarai (VN) Desai Hospital in collaboration with Spine Clinic, the doctors were successful in curing a 22-year-old young woman who was bedridden after being affected with tuberculosis of the spine. Interestingly, just ten days after the surgery, the patient has started walking with minimal support, the BMC said in an official statement.

It said, Mumbai's V. N. Desai Municipal Hospital Medical Superintendent Dr. Harbansingh Bawa said that a 22-year-old young woman suffering from spine disease visited V. N. Desai was admitted to the general ward. This woman could not walk, could not move her legs. She was bedridden for a month and her bladder and abdomen were also affected. Most importantly, the young woman's illness was aggravated by fake treatment from a local quack doctor.