Health
Bhubaneswar: Sum Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) on Saturday observed the World Cancer Day by organising a patient engagement programme inside the hospital premises here. Dubbed as ‘Hope Springs Saga’ after the Hope Springs Block of SUMUM, the event witnessed a huge congregation of cancer survivors who had been successfully treated at the hospital’s Oncology department. The…
Bhubaneswar: Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), an umbrella term used for a plethora of diseases that cause scarring or fibrosis of the lungs, has taken centre-stage which has caused the focus on tuberculosis (TB) to shift elsewhere, eminent pulmonologist Prof. (Dr.) Digambar Behera said on Saturday. Different kinds of emerging lung ailments have presently engaged pulmonologists…
Bhubaneswar: Robotic-assisted knee replacement surgery, which ensures greater precision and better result and is seen as the future of joint replacement, was conducted for the first time in Odisha at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here recently. The surgery was conducted in the hospital under the supervision of Dr. Shekhar Srivastav, one…
Bhubaneswar: Eminent surgeon and former dean of Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital Prof. (Dr) Dhirendra Kumar Ray passed away while undergoing treatment at the SUM Ultimate Medicare here on Sunday. He was 76. Considered an expert in healthcare and medical education, he also served as principal of SCB Medical College and Hospital in…
Bhubaneswar: A month-old baby boy, critically ill because of a congenital heart defect, has been turned around by a team of doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), here recently. The baby’s father Ramakanta Bhoi of Nimapara in Puri district brought him to the…
Bhubaneswar: In a first in Odisha, doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here successfully treated a patient’s bleeding through urinary tract by super selective angio-embolization of the prostatic artery. Dr. Priyabrat Das, consultant, Urology, along with interventional radiologist, Dr. Sambit Pattnaik and Dr. Jitendra Kumar Barad, performed the complicated procedure. Dr. Das said the procedure,…
Bhubaneswar: The new batch of MBBS students who have taken admission into the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), on Thursday took the customary Hippocratic Oath while going through the white coat ceremony. The ceremony marks the medical students’ transition from the study of preclinical…
Bhubaneswar: For the first time in Odisha, the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery (CTVS) team at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of Medical Sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, has successfully conducted surgery on two young patients suffering from life threatening aortic disease recently. “The life threatening condition is associated with…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at Sum Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here successfully removed a chicken bone that was stuck in a person’s food pipe for seven days, hospital sources said. Dr. Satyaprakash Ray Choudhury, consultant, surgical gastroenterology, who led the surgical team, said it was a very unique and challenging procedure for the team as the bone was…
Bhubaneswar: Doctors at SUM Ultimate Medicare here battled for 57 days to successfully turn around a 79-year-old man down with severe pneumonia. Nikunja Kishore Das was admitted on September 23 with fever, shortness of breath and bilateral pneumonia. The patient was immediately admitted to the ICU and put on non-invasive ventilation. As he already had…
