{"id":304542,"date":"2023-06-26T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=304542"},"modified":"2023-06-26T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:17:27","slug":"loop-news-guyana-surgeons-remove-human-tail-from-10-day-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/loop-news-guyana-surgeons-remove-human-tail-from-10-day-old-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"[Loop News] Guyana: Surgeons remove &#8216;human tail&#8217; from 10-day-old boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-304543\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/guyana_doctors_1_6bd17774b07b20961e0dd69ee0634ab5-642x361.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Surgeons at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) got to put their medical training to the test recently when they performed a rare surgery on a child born with what they referred to as a \u201chuman tail\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The team, which was led by Chief Neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi, successfully removed the tail and reconstructed the 10-day-old boy\u2019s spinal canal during their surgery on June 18.<\/p>\n<p>Continue <a href=\"https:\/\/caribbean.loopnews.com\/content\/guyana-surgeons-remove-human-tail-10-day-old-boy\">reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Surgeons at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) got to put their medical training to the test recently when they performed a rare surgery on a child born with what they referred to as a \u201chuman tail\u201d. 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