India, June 28 -- Doctors at the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation-run Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital (YCMH) have successfully removed a 20.1-kg malignant ovarian tumour from a 60-year-old woman in a complex five-hour surgery performed free of cost under the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY), officials said on Saturday.

The woman, from Akole tehsil in Ahilyanagar district, first noticed abdominal swelling six months ago. By the time she was admitted to YCM Hospital on June 20, the tumour had grown to nearly 50x30x20 cm, leaving her unable to walk, eat or breathe comfortably.

After evaluating her condition, doctors first stabilised her with nutritional support, albumin infusions and correction of blood abnormal...