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Former IPL (Indian Premiere League) Chairman Lalit Modi has been diagnosed with COVID-19 Pneumonia and he is put on 24*7 external oxygen support after contracting the virus infection. Taking to his Instagram account, the Indian businessman wrote: "After three weeks in confinement with double COVID-19 in two weeks, weeks accompanied by influenza and deep pneumonia." He also shared photos from his hospital bed.The 59-year-old also said that he had previously been 'confined' for over 3 weeks, and had made several failed attempts to leave. "Finally landed via air ambulance accompanied by two doctors and superstar super efficient son who did so much for me Back in london. The flight was smooth. Unfortunately still on 24/7 external oxygen," he further wrote. In another post, Lalit Modi shared a picture of two of his doctors who were taking care of him during the COVID infection course. "With my two saviours. The two Drs seriously for 3 weeks monitored me tre...

A team of doctors in Hyderabad removed a big tumour from the chest of a 69-year-old woman who was struggling with breathing difficulties for the past one year. The rare pleural tumour (18 x 15 cm size) was found in the right side of her chest, arising from the lining of the chest wall.According to the doctors at Yashoda Hospitals, where the woman was operated, the heart was pushed to the opposite side due to the tumour, thereby compressing the right lung and the diaphragm. This had resulted in fluid accumulation in her right chest, causing significant chest pain.The woman was suffering from shortness of breath for over an year, said Dr. Balasubramoniam KR, Consultant Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgeon at Yashoda Hospitals, while talking about the case. Owing to severe compression of the right lung, which had weakened her lung capacity, she was experiencing poor pulmonary function. Still, she was operated as immediate removal of the tumour was required to avoid further c...