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Nair hospital on Saturday removed a tumour from his brain, weighing 1.873 kg, in a seven-hour surgery. Examination revealed a tumour measuring 30 x 30 x 20 cm, shocking the living daylights out of the medical staff at the hospital, who had never seen such a large one before. A heavy challengeSantlal Pal, an Uttar Pradesh resident who was referred to Mumbai for treatment, had got admitted at Nair hospital in early February with progressive swelling of scalp, heaviness and headaches. This kind of a complicated surgery shows that we are well equipped to provide advanced level of treatment to patients." Pal before the surgeryOn recovery pathDr Ramesh Bharmal, dean, said, "This is among the rarest of such cases ever documented in medical history..