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- A 20-year-old Ethiopian man, Mohamed Faisal Jama, is set to return to normal life after doctors in New Delhi removed a bullet lodged near his spine for nearly six years.
- Jama was shot as a teenager during crossfire at a protest in Ethiopia, with the bullet travelling through his chest and lodging where a rib meets the spine.
- Doctors in Ethiopia had avoided operating due to the risks, but persistent pain and numbness led Jama to seek advanced care at Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket.
- A multidisciplinary team performed a five-hour surgery, removing part of a rib and vertebral bone to safely extract the bullet, and Jama was discharged after four days.
What to watch next
- Jama's recovery and return to normal life after the complex spine-adjacent surgery
- Whether more such complex trauma cases from abroad seek treatment at Indian hospitals
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Named Ethiopia · India · Kamran Ali · Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket · Mohamed Faisal Jama · New Delhi
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