Health
Bhubaneswar: SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) has won the prestigious Six Sigma Award as the ‘Best Hospital’ and ‘Best Patient Care Provider’ of the Year for 2021. Dr. Swetapadma Dash, chief executive officer of the hospital, was chosen as the ‘Best CEO and Administrator of the Year’ while SUM Covid Hospital, run by SOA, was picked…
Bhubaneswar: Though the shadow of Covid-19 has been on the wane and things appear to be veering towards the old normal after two years, however, there is every need to be circumspect in our daily life, Prof. Sanghamitra Pati, director of the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here said on Tuesday. There was every reason…
Bhubaneswar: Deceased donor kidney transplantation will soon be taken up at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here. This was announced by the hospital on the occasion of World Kidney Day on Thursday. “We are observing the day to raise awareness about the increasing burden of kidney diseases and focus on the need to evolve strategies…
Bhubaneswar: A disciplined and regulated lifestyle and regular health checkup can help avoid Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), experts said at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Thursday. Around two lakh people in the country were afflicted by CKD and half of the cases developed serious complications while 25,000 people required frequent…
Bhubaneswar: Cochlear implant surgery has given hope to millions of children who are born deaf. The most complex and delicate ENT surgery was done at the SUM Ultimate Medicare recently on a four-year-old boy from Bargarh who could not hear since birth and did not learn to speak. The devastated parents explored different options of…
Bhubaneswar: In yet another surgical feat, neurosurgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital successfully operated a rare and complicated case of giant aneurysm on a 18-year-old recently. Less than 30 such cases have been successfully operated in the world till now, neurosurgeon Dr. Atmaranjan Dash, who led the surgical team, said. The…
Bhubaneswar: Issues like climate change and environmental degradation should be taken seriously as they are responsible for many pulmonary diseases, eminent physician Prof. Dilip Mahapatra said on Wednesday. Prof. Mahapatra, an expert on pulmonary diseases and gastroenterology and director of Lugh Medical Centre at Dundalk, Ireland, said particulate matters hanging in the air were causing…
Bhubaneswar: Eminent Ireland-based gastroenterologist Prof. Dilip Mahapatra is exploring the possibility of establishing a Centre for Regenerative Medicine in Odisha which can go a long way in making available advanced treatment to patients in a number of diseases including cancer. Prof. Mahapatra, presently director of the Lugh Medical Centre at Dundalk, Ireland and vice-chancellor of…
Bhubaneswar: Nearly four lakh children worldwide are afflicted by cancer every year of which 80 per cent cases can be successfully treated by trained personnel backed by proper infrastructure, experts said at a programme organised at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here to mark the World Childhood Cancer Day on Tuesday. Around…
Bhubaneswar: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has approved the Covid-19 rapid antigen test kit developed by a private company in Odisha. The kit has been developed by IMGENEX India Pvt Ltd, Bhubaneswar with intellectual input from Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC). The kit can detect different variants of Covid-19 by using nasopharyngeal swab…
