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: Foot and ankle surgery, a newly developing sub-speciality in orthopedics, was the focus in a symposium and workshop, held at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here recently. The programme, organised under the aegis of Indian Foot and Ankle Society and Odisha Orthopedic Association included live surgeries and hands-on workshop for the…
Bhubaneswar: The need for mental equilibrium, a state of balance between a person’s mental framework and the environment, was stressed at a programme conducted at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. Focussing on the theme for the day this year — ‘Make Mental Health…
Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) has been in the forefront in extending healthcare to the people of Odisha and had rendered yeoman service in battling the Covid-19 pandemic by joining hands with the State government, Health and Family Welfare Minister Naba Kishore Das said on Wednesday. “SOA has been consistently extending healthcare to the people…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have removed a tumour weighing 7.5 kg from the abdomen of a 20-month-old baby boy recently. The baby from Ganjam district weighing 14 kg had a bloated stomach for about a year and doctors had diagnosed the condition as Neuroblastoma which required surgery. The…
Bhubaneswar: The importance of pharmacists in the healthcare system was underscored at a programme organised to celebrate World Pharmacists’ Day at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital on Sunday. “Pharmacists perform a critical role in the healthcare system and they played a huge role in the treatment of patients when the Covid-19 pandemic…
Bhubaneswar: A four-year-old girl, who suffered 30 per cent burn injuries following an accident and was treated at the Burn and Plastic Surgery department of Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, has been discharged following her recovery. Pragyan Priyadarshini Sahoo had been brought to the hospital with burns on her face, neck and…
Bhubaneswar: Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, the faculty of medical sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA), has been ranked 12th in the country in the ranking conducted by Career 360 for 2022-23. In the ranking, IMS and SUM Hospital was the highest positioned medical college in Odisha. Similarly, Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS),…
Bhubaneswar: Alcohol intake is responsible for around three million deaths every year worldwide, which is 5.3 per cent and requires measures to curb drinking habits, an eminent psychiatrist said. “Liquor claims 2.6 lakh lives in India and is the causal factor linked to more than 200 diseases,” Dr. NN Raju, President of the Indian Psychiatrists’…
Bhubaneswar: A ‘Continuing Medical Education’ programme on the subject ‘Diagnostic Approach to Salivary Gland Tumours’ was held at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Saturday, which attracted around 200 participants. The programme, organised by the Pathology department of the hospital, was inaugurated by Prof. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, Vice-Chancellor of SOA. It…
