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…
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: Aspiring medical professionals, who have taken admission in the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medical sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University here, were welcomed at a ceremony on Tuesday with the chancellor Prof. DP Ray wishing them a successful career as physicians. Welcoming the new students,…
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: Sixty one units of blood were collected at a camp organised by the SUM Ultimate Medicare in collaboration with the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Thursday with staff members of the hospital stepping forward to donate blood. Doctors, PG students, technicians, nurses, counselors and other staff of the Post Graduate…
Bhubaneswar: Technological advancement has now made it possible to diagnose and treat cancer of the gastro intestinal tract at the early stage and ensure complete cure, Prof. Manoj Kumar Sahu, head of the department of Gastroenterology at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here said. High resolution narrow band imaging systems can now…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital have removed an abdominal tumour weighing about 10.5kg after a critical surgery on a 50-year-old woman. Associate professor Dr. Sangram Keshari Panda of Department of Surgical Oncology and his team successfully conducted the rare surgery on the cancer patient from Kalahandi district and successfully…
