New Delhi, May 26 -- India's first life-saving dual surgery combining a heart bypass surgery (Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting) and breast cancer surgery (Radical Mastectomy) in a single procedure/session on a 72-year-old woman from Bangladesh.

According to the hospitals' statement, the surgery lasted 11 hours. "The surgery lasted for around 11 hours, and the patient was discharged in a stable condition after 12 days."

The team of doctors, comprising Dr. Ritwick Raj Bhuyan, Director of adult Cardiothoracic and vascular Surgery at Fortis Escorts, Okhla Road, Dr. Archit Pandit, Director of surgical Oncology at Fortis Escorts, Okhla Road, and Dr Vineet Goel, Consultant of surgical Oncology at Fortis Escorts, Okhla Road, performed robot-assi...