Updated On: 19 March, 2025 11:40 AM IST | Kolkata | PTI
Roy, a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, had complained of dizziness when doctors found an irregular heartbeat and prescribed the implant, her younger daughter Julie Basu

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Doctors of a private hospital in Kolkata successfully implant a pacemaker in a 102-year-old woman and discharged her from the facility within two days, one of the physicians said.
Implanting a pacemaker may be a common procedure but performing the surgery in the heart of a 102-year-old woman is rare, he said.