LUCKNOW, July 19 -- In a complex surgery, doctors at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (Civil) Hospital on Saturday removed a bullet, which had been lodged near the spinal cord of a woman for 35 years, hospital authorities said.

The woman, a resident of Sikanderpur in Banthra, had been experiencing severe pain in the back for about a month. Family members took her to a nearby clinic, where the doctor gave her pain-killers. However, as the pain persisted, she was brought to the Civil hospital, they added.

According to consultant surgeon Dr RK Gautam, 53-year-old Rekha visited the Civil hospital OPD on Tuesday, complaining of severe back pain from the last one month. In an X-ray image, a bullet was spotted near her spinal cord.

Her family membe...