Health
Bhubaneswar: Experts in psychiatry have underlined the need to educate the people about schizophrenia, a mental illness that affects around 24 million people across the world. Roughly one out of every 300 people get affected by schizophrenia which often causes severe disruption in an individual’s personal and social life impacting the person’s ability to function…
Bhubaneswar: Medical professionals including nurses, paramedics and laboratory technicians from different hospitals across Odisha attended a day-long conclave on ‘Infection Prevention and Control’ held at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here on Saturday. The event, conducted by the hospital in collaboration with Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP), included theoretical lectures as well as practical sessions. Dr…
Bhubaneswar: The fact that eradication of tuberculosis in India is a huge challenge has to be accepted and accordingly steps needs to be taken, Prof (Dr) Sachidananda Mohanty, Odisha’s director of Medical Education and Training (DMET) said on Thursday. “The diagnosis of tuberculosis cases in the eastern region has remained very low and there is…
Bhubaneswar: The two-day zonal task force meeting of the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) for eastern region will be held at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on May 18 and 19. The meeting assumes importance as India has embarked upon the ambitious national strategic plan to eradicate tuberculosis from the country…
Bhubaneswar: The importance of forensic medicine was discussed at a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme organised at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here recently to mark the National Forensic Medicine Day. The subject of the CME, organised by the hospital’s department of FM and T, was ‘Multidimensional Aspects of Pre-conception and Pre-natal…
Bhubaneswar: SUM Ultimate Medicare celebrated the International Nurses’ Day on Friday. The nurses who were present at the event took the ‘Florence Nightingale Pledge’ holding candles. The CEO of SUMUM, Dr Swetapadma Dash, chief of Medical Services (CMS), Dr (Brig) Biraj Mohan Mishra, chief of Nursing Services, N Ayesha were present at the event. Adressing…
Bhubaneswar: The Urban Veterinary Hospital, set up here by Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) a year ago, has so far treated 5,527 animals and birds for different ailments, said Prof Bramhadev Pattnaik, dean of SOA’s Institute of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry (IVSAH). The hospital, which is equipped with a laboratory, a functional operation theatre and…
Bhubaneswar: A two-day workshop on mechanical ventilation held at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) held here recently was attended by 73 clinicians and intensivists from across the country. The workshop gave the participants the opportunity for one-to-one interaction with the faculties while offering them simulation based learning, Dr Banambar Ray, SUMUM’s head, Department of Critical Care…
Bhubaneswar: A young team of surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have successfully performed a highly complex surgery on a cancer patient which is being billed as the first of its kind in Odisha. The team performed the complex surgery on a 55-year-old man suffering from pancreatic cancer which was…
Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here will be setting up a centre to treat patients suffering from multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, according to its dean Prof (Dr) Sanghamitra Mishra. Multi-drug resistant TB has been a worrying factor for medical experts as efforts were on to counter the problem. The multi-drug resistant TB…
