Doctors perform brain surgery as patient watches Jr. NTR’s ‘Adhurs’ film in Kakinada

In a medical marvel, doctors at a government hospital in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada performed a complex brain surgery — awake craniotomy — while the patient watches a film by Jr. NTR, through the surgery.

Awake Craniotomy is a method where the patient remains conscious during the procedure.



The 55-year-old patient A. Ananthalakshmi underwent surgery for a brain tumour at Kakinada’s Government General Hospital (GGH).

She had been suffering from symptoms like numbness in her limbs and persistent headaches and was later diagnosed with a 3.3 x 2.7 cm tumour on the left side of her brain.