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December 15, 2008 Monday
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Dec 15, 2008
He walks again after spinal op
By Judith Tan

AFTER a fall that saw him paralysed four months ago, Russian businessman Vasily Nesterenko can now walk again; after surgery performed in Singapore.

A rare disorder in the blood vessels of his spine caused the 36-year-old father of two to became paralysed from the waist down, he also lost control of his bladder and bowels.

'I just received his email. He broke the good news to me that he could walk again,' said his neurosurgeon, Dr Timothy Lee on Monday.

Read Judith Tan's full story in Tuesday's edition of The Straits Times.

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