1.A FEAT IN TRANSPALANT SURGERY; Records of all sorts were achieved when a when a Chinese hospital had reported that it had successfully transplanted a heart, liver and kidney in a patient with multiple organ complications.
The surgery was performed on a 47 year old female which lasted for sixteen hours. According to Dr.Dou Kefang of the Xijing Hospital who had headed the team the patient had come around and was recovering. This hospital was known for conducting the first face transplant in China and second globally in 2006.
Originally, the patient was diagnoised with uraemia and liver cancer.Subsequently, the doctors found a disorder of heart muscle known as dlated cardiomyopathy. This meant that she required a new heart first, precding the other transplants and this was done. Morethan 30 experts were involved in the operation and nearly 1000 stiches were made on the patient.
2. DAYTIME NAP IS AMEMORY-ENHANCER; In a study carried out by a team U.S. researchers, it was disclosed that a brief nap of 45 minutes durting the day time does not hamper the quality night-sleep but also boosts a person’s declarative memory performance.
Hence do not fret about daytime nap. Further details can be found in the Sleep Journal.
3.IN SPAIN THIS TRAIN WOULD BEAT THE PLANE: The new highspeed train-link between Madrid and Barcelone scheduled to begin later this month is anything that communters of other mode of transport can only dream of. At 350 K.M./an hour, with reclining chairs, videos and music, it would be a shere delight in luxury which an air-passenger at that cost cannot think of. The 650 K.M. route would be covered in 2hours and 35 minutes and hold your breadth, if there is a delay of even five minutes in the arrival time, the passengers would be refunded the full fare.
4. A COZY WINTER FOR THIS GIRFFE: A fgiraffe in an Oakland Zoo (Califfornia) would have a cozy winter when it is dressed with a custom made coat. The height of this giraffe is 13ft which makes it impossible for this to be herded into a stall. To get the measurements, the zoo-keeper had to scramble through a ladder and to make it acceptable to the animal, the color of the coat would be forest green.
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