STORY: The affected person was first admitted to hospital in the beginning of 2021 following belly ache, fever and coughing, earlier than being referred to Canberra Hospital the next 12 months when she began experiencing reminiscence loss and despair.
Infectious illnesses doctor Dr. Sanjaya Senanayake instructed Reuters he was working within the hospital the day of the invention and was referred to as in to supply recommendation as neurosurgeon Dr Hari Priya Bandi pulled the 8-centimetre (3.1-inch) lengthy parasitic roundworm from the mind of the 64-year-old affected person.
The affected person was a “very brave and affected person affected person who went via this lengthy diagnostic and therapeutic course of”, mentioned Dr Senanayake, including that the hospital was “conserving an in depth eye on her and conserving in contact” following therapy.
The worm, Ophidascaris Robertsi, is normally present in pythons and had not been documented in people earlier than.