An 82-year-old retired army officer from Pune, who was bedridden for a year due to severe pain in his back, was given a new lease of life by the doctors at a hospital in Thane. 

The man who was honoured by the President of India for serving in 1962 and 1971 wars, had been in excruciating pain till then but found relief after the spine surgery. 

The Punekar's neck and back pain increased as the days passed thereby affecting his normal life. He was brought to KIMS Hospitals Thane on a wheelchair suffering with extreme pain.