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Man told village stories as surgeons cut his brain

Dr Sam Njiru, a neurosurgeon, prepares to operate on Joseph Karuri at the Nakuru Level 5 Hospital on October 4. [Courtesy]

Doctors recently gave a new lease of life to a man suffering from severe headaches and seizures when they removed a tumor from his head.

But the brain surgery that Joseph Karuri underwent on October 4 was different because he remained awake during the entire procedure.

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