Indian man who played guitar during brain surgery makes recovery


  • World
  • Saturday, 22 Jul 2017

Abhishek Prasad, 37, playing the guitar while doctors performed brain surgery on him at Mahveer Jain Hospital in Bangalore.PHOTO: AFP/MAHVEER JAIN HOSPITAL.

BANGALORE, INDIA: An Indian man who strummed the guitar as surgeons operated on his brain has demonstrated how the unusual procedure cured the problem hindering his ability to play.

Abhishek Prasad had been suffering a neurological disorder that caused his fingers to cramp in one hand, preventing him from strumming properly.

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