UAE, Aug. 4 -- In a race against time, doctors at RAK Hospital saved the life of a 32-year-old Indian expatriate laborer after discovering a rare, fast-growing brain infection called a brain abscess - a painful, pus-filled swelling in the brain caused by infection that can rapidly worsen if untreated. The patient, who had been suffering from severe headaches, neck pain, and fever for a week, underwent emergency brain surgery that prevented potentially fatal complications.

Mr. Ananta Sahu arrived at RAK Hospital's emergency department with high fever and stiffness in his neck - symptoms that can signal serious infections affecting the brain. An initial MRI scan revealed a mass lesion (abnormal growth/swelling) in the cerebellum, the part ...