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29 March 2024

30,000 women told to remove breast implants

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30,000 ordered to remove breast implants

FRANCE: French medical authorities will this week tell 30,000 women who received defective breast implants to have them removed after several suspicious cases of cancer.

Quoting senior medical officials, the daily Liberation reported today that before the end of the week authorities will ask all women who received implants supplied by the Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) company to have them removed.

PIP was shut down and its product banned last year after it was revealed to have been using non-authorised silicone gel that caused abnormally high rupture rates of its implants.

Health officials said last week that eight cases of cancer, mainly breast cancer, had been reported in women who had received the PIP implants.

"It is urgent for all women who have PIP implants to return to see their surgeons," French government spokeswoman Valerie Pecresse told Liberation.

Police have received 2000 complaints from women who received the implants and have opened a criminal investigation into the firm.

 

A hair-raising stunt

AUSTRALIA: In an attempt to set a Guinness world record, a 37-year-old Sri Lankan performed an aerial act in which he was suspended by his long, black locks.

For an unending 23 minutes Suthakaran Sivagnanathurai was hanging by his hair... literally. Sivagnanathurai said he was able to perform the feat and tolerate the immense pain through yoga and meditation, reports Herald Sun.

"My hair is strong because I usually use natural oil", Sivagnanathurai said. He had tied his hair into a hang rig which was used to suspend him from an elevated pole.

Born in Sri Lanka, Sivagnanathurai has previously attempted other astonishing stunts in his native country.

This particular record was set in Queensland.

Model kills herself over cancelled date

UK: An aspiring young model committed suicide by throwing herself in front of a train after her boyfriend cancelled a date via a text message.

The couple ahd planned to go for a movie together, reprots The Sun. The 16-year-old died after telling a friend: "I'm going to kill myself tonight."

The family is devastated at the loss and her dad said at the inquest that she looked 'pale and groggy' on the day she died.

She had also posted a huge three-page message on Facebook just hours before taking her life, which clearly indicated that she planned to kill herself.

Jilted woman murders lover and burns his body

SINGAPORE: A 28-year-old woman murdered her boy-friend and burnt his body with the help of her brother and cousin.

The boy-friend's crime? He ditched his girlfriend, reports Asiaone.com.

The woman named Seema had been involved with the victim Mehboob, a married man, for two years. Mehboob had promised Seema that he would leave his wife and kids. However, that did not materialise. In fact, the police learnt that Mehboob had tried to stab Seema a few days before he was killed.

Hence, Seema decided to plot Mehboob's demise. He was called for an ill-fated meeting where he was hit on the head by her younger brother. He was strangled and burnt.

Mehboob's remainds were later dumped in the nearby forest.