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Imphal Times Supplementary issue Because Nutlai Lalbiakkima could surprise a Surgery in the brain blood nation unaccustomed to Olympic success. vessels saves Nepal female her Source Ezrela Dalidia Fanai vision and life The chief inspiration for a By- Sakshi Jaiswal further investigated by and placed a big balloon teenage Nutlai Lalbiakkima to New Delhi, May 15, Angiography to identify an using microcatheter. Being a become a global boxing abnormal connection between very complicated and a risky sensation and rank among A 34 year old female patient the arteries and veins, a procedure, the team India’s best hopes for a medal from Nepal was successfully condition known as Arterio- successfully injected a at the 2020 Olympics was not operated for a life threatening Venous Fistula (AVF). Due to material to block off the a champion boxer like Manny complication in her brain at the wrong connections the abnormal connection and Pacquiao. It wasn’t a great Artemis Hospital. The surgical blood was directly being preserving the normal veins.” Indian athlete like Sachin procedure was complicated pushed in to the veins at very He added Tendulkar either. It was a and the team of specialist took high pressure which caused The material known as onyx singer. over 4 hours to perform the the swelling. The team is a special liquid material that A boy named St. Lalthuthaa surgery. immediately decided to is like water and solidifies from Lalbiakkima’s The patient who initially had intervene and close it in the immediately coming in neighborhood won the Mizo intermittent headaches same sitting.” Said Dr Vipul contact with blood. Idol singing competition in ignored the symptoms but Gupta, Director, Ballooning was done in the 2011. He was greeted with a gradually developed blurry Neurointervention, Agrim normal vein to restrict the massive crowd upon his Nutlai Lalbiakkima (in the black T-shirt), who beat the world’s No. 1 light vision in both her eyes. Upon institute for Neuro sciences, material entering the normal return to the town of Siaha, in flyweight boxer last year, sits with his family. consulting an Artemis Hospital blood vessels. India’s northeastern state of ophthalmologist, the reports She had a particularly large “Using this technique, we Mizoram, where the district “brave, obedient and a stability. The President’s Cup has shifted to a job in the showed that the intraocular AVF that had caused an were able to completely close council awarded him with a hardworking player” who last year in Astana, Mizoram state government, pressure was increased to an increased pressure in the the abnormal network in the house and permanent job as a doesn’t need extra Kazakhstan, brought which would allow extent which can damage the brain which was getting brain and achieved complete music instructor. A precocious supervision. “Even in the Lalbiakkima fame. Lalbiakkima to pursue a pro eye blood vessels and leave transmitted to her eyes cure. Within few days the fighter, Lalbiakkima told lightweight category, he is the His opponent in the career — and his dream of her blind. This also indicated leading to deterioration of her patient vision started to himself: “If I succeed in smallest, be it national or quarterfinals was Hasanboy earning the World Boxing that the pressure in the brain vision. It was very important improve and repeated eye sports, I could get a international level,” Dusmatov, the Olympic gold Championship title within five is also increase due to some to close the fistula, but as the examinations revealed that government job, lift my family Vulthavunga says of the 5- medalist and No. 1 boxer in the years. F. Lalnienga, senior vice reason. To identify the root fistula was very close to a the pressure inside the eye out of poverty and finally foot-1 fighter. “Despite his world in the light flyweight president of the Mizoram cause of the increased eye very large normal vein in the had become less .Our team are build a house that I’ve always size, his courage and hard (108-pound) weight class at the Boxing Association, says his pressure, she made a visit to brain, it was important to very confident that this patient dreamt of.” work have helped him reach time. The bout started with group will request a spot in the Artemis Hospital for preserve the blood flow there. will make good and quick The pint-size boxer would where he is today.” both boxers measuring each government or on the further investigations. “The team decided to go recovery and she will not need soon leave home, at age 15, Ask Lalbiakkima about his other’s reach and defense, but Mizoram police force for its “Detailed investigations through the leg blood vessels any further treatment for this with 500 rupees (about $7) in discipline and he talks of his soon Lalbiakkima was landing star boxer. revealed few swollen blood via heart in order to secure abnormal AVF.” Said Dr his pocket, to pursue a career willpower. “I shared a room a neat series of punches to India boasts few Olympic vessels in the brain and were the normal veins in the brain Gupta. with his fists. Seven years with addicts and alcoholics, Dustamov’s head and body medals in its history — the later, he would defeat the but I was never tempted to try while deflecting the only individual gold came in world’s No. 1 lightthose habits,” he says of his champion’s advances. Having men’s shooting in 2008 — but Contd. from page 2. flyweight boxer. Now 23, he’s days at the Mara House watched Dusmatov’s fights, it did come home with boxing still worried about holding a hostel. “When my mates Lalbiakkima responded to his bronzes in 2008 (Vijender steady job. It all goes back to would start their habits in the moves with “speed, Singh) and 2012 (Mary Kom). where he came from. room, I would sleep outside in counterpunches and well- Lalbiakkima’s spot on the Elections 2019 as a moment of Born in 1996 in a small village, the corridor.” judged guard,” he told the Tokyo 2020 team is by no Lalbiakkima is the oldest of It paid off as Lalbiakkima media after defeating the Uzbek means assured: He was not three children. His father, started gaining steam on the pugilist. Lalbiakkima’s first selected in the first batch Reckoning for India’s......... Nutlai Zomawia, 53, and regional boxing scene. His first international tournament would attending National Camp, a mother, Zothanpuii real payday came at age 18 in end with a bronze medal after key steppingstone to the In the absence of civil society Gandhi announced the and reflects a structural Khawlhring, 43, cultivated a Mizoram’s famous Pro-fight he fell in the semis, but he was Olympic team. Though he has support and network, the formation of a new front imbalance in electoral politics piece of land in the forest and Championship, winning already a hero in India. moved up to 114 pounds, relationships with people organisation, Civic and Social in India, which might not lived in a hut they had built. 40,000 rupees ($575) in cash The success — including a Asian Games 2018 champion dried up and became limited Outreach Congress, under the directly affect the outcome of When Lalbiakkima was 2, their and bagging a few bronze in Russia a couple of Amit Pangal is considered a to individual charismatic leadership of Madhusudan specific elections but has hut burned down, and the sponsorships. But the win did months later — brought him an prime competitor for appeal or state patronage Mistry. serious implications in the family moved to town. not result in a government job, offer from professional boxing Lalbiakkima. But Lalbiakkima’s which could be provided only Mistry, currently a member of long run for the polity of this Boxing didn’t require a common reward for top agency MTK Global, which coach Vulthavunga remains when in power. Gradually, the Rajya Sabha and a former trade country. expensive equipment, and athletes in India. He told his manages the likes of Tyson confident. “There is a very idea of the Congress, which unionist and civil society On the one hand, we have the when Lalbiakkima won a gold mother that if he did not find Fury, Carl Frampton and David high chance that he will be was more of dynamic open leader, has been tasked to powerful electoral machinery medal in an interdistrict boxing consistent success by age 21, Price. Lalbiakkima says the selected,” he says. space for diverse interests and build bridges between the of the BJP-propelled NDA, competition organized by the he would return to help with agency offered him a contract To get there, he will continue ideas, particularly for the civil society and the Congress backed by a solid network of government- the market stall. for six fights per year. It meant to work tirelessly, just as his marginalised and excluded structure while mobilising the civil society groups spread backed PYKAA program, he He got his break at the Senior a pathway to qualify for title parents did — with a heavy people and communities, got former for direct political across the county from was hooked. He would National Boxing shots within eight fights, and dose of thrift. Lalbiakkima lives reduced to the formal party action for foregrounding grassroots to the national practice in the morning, then Championship in February earnings starting from about on just $150 per month, out of structure(s), which has largely peoples’ issues. This news level, working under the skip school to rest at a friend’s 2015 at Nagpur, where he won $14,300 per bout.

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