Health
Bhubaneswar: In a rare single surgery, neurosurgeons of Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have removed multiple tumours weighing more than 500 grams from the brain of a 30-year-old woman. The woman, belonging to Daspalla in Nayagarh district, had come to the hospital with complaints like headache, vomiting and declining eye sight. She…
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s first privately-run veterinary hospital for domestic and stray animals and birds was inaugurated here on Thursday. The hospital, which has been set up by the Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) at Shanpur on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar, was inaugurated by Dr. Arun Kumar Sahu, state’s minister…
Bhubaneswar: Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS), faculty of dental sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), observed ‘Oral Cancer Awareness Month’ during April through a series of programmes. During the month, IDS doctors conducted oral cancer screening camps at different government run Public Health Centres, organised street plays and a mini marathon for creating awareness besides…
Bhubaneswar: Children are getting increasingly afflicted by rheumatoid arthritis these days but the problem can be addressed through proper diagnosis, tests and treatment, said Prof. Surjit Singh, director of the post-graduate Institute of Medical Research, Chandigarh. Speaking at the two-day 13th conference of the Odisha branch of Indian Rheumatology Association at IMS and SUM Hospital…
Bhubaneswar: Oncologists at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here have deployed bravos brachytherapy, a type of radiation therapy, with success in treating a man suffering from tongue cancer. The treatment involves placement of a sealed radiation source inside the targeted area. Raghunath Mohanty (45) had come to the hospital for treatment of an ulcer on…
Bhubaneswar: Dr. Banambar Ray, head of the department of Critical Care at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here has been felicitated at the 28th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM) held at Ahmedabad recently for his association with ISCCM for over 25 years. Dr Ray is one of the founder members and…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here took the laparoscopic surgery route to remove a kidney from a donor for transplantation in the recipient successfully this week. The donor was a woman in her fifties who chose to donate one of her kidneys to save the life of her daughter. Both kidneys of her…
Bhubaneswar: While detection and notification of tuberculosis (TB) patients in India was already a difficult task, the surge of the Covid-19 pandemic over the last two years further toughened the battle, eminent expert on pulmonary diseases Dr. Digambar Behera has said. Thirty per cent of world’s tuberculosis patients were found in India which also accounted…
Bhubaneswar: Gastroenterologists at the SUM Ultimate Medicare have used latest Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) guided Cystogastrostomy on a 27-year-old patient to drain out necrotic pancreatic fluid collection (walled off necrosis) recently. This advanced technique is being done in only few centres in the country. EUS is one of the most advanced procedure done in the hospital’s…
Bhubaneswar: A six-month-old baby boy, suffering from pulmonary valve stenosis, a problem relating to the heart valve, has been successfully treated by doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here. The baby, son of Subash Chandra Behera of Daspalla in Nayagarh district, was having problem in breathing and was also having problem…
