Patient watches 'Baahubali 2' as doctors operate on her brain - Watch video

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New Delhi: A private hospital in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh screened Bollywood movie Baahubali 2 while performing a critical surgery on a woman.

As per reports, it was was essential to keep the patient awake during the operation so that doctors could target the exact area to remove the tumour.

The medicos at the hospital played the movie on a laptop to keep the patient conscious, which they claim helped them with the surgery.

Forty-three-year-old, Vinaya Kumari, working as a nurse, suffered fits was later detected with brain tumour.

“In this surgery it was important for the patient to stay conscious and the film managed to do exactly that. The patient did not panic through the process, in fact, she was enjoying and humming the songs,” Dr Srinivas, a neurosurgeon, was quoted as saying.

Post the successful operation, which lasted for about an hour and half, the surgery has been named as 'Baahubali Brain Surgery’.

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