Tiger Awan
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Largest Appendix Removed
An appendix removed from a 55-year-old Pakistani man on June 11, 2003, at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, measured 23.5 cm (9.2 in) in length. The operation was carried out by Dr. Riaz Ahmed Khokhar.
The appendix is a long, thin, worm-like pouch sticking out of the join between the large and small intestines. Doctors are still not sure of its purpose â or even if it has a purpose â and although it contains immune-system cells, if it's surgically removed, health doesn't suffer.
Dr. Khokar is a very good friend of my father(also a doctor).
I once asked my father why he gets so much reward after all it was that poor patient who did that painful job