Bhubaneswar: Dr Aditya Khadanga, an intern at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, was felicitated by SOA recently for successfully scaling Mount Elbrus, the highest peak in Europe. Dr Khadanga, faced with challenging weather conditions, made the ascent to the 18,510 feet summit on August 16 last. Mount Elbrus, located in Kabardino-Balkaria…
Bhubaneswar: A state-of-the-art neuromodulation lab was inaugurated at the Department of Psychiatry of the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Wednesday. The Lab comprises of highly advanced facilities like Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (RTMS) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (TDCS), Prof (Dr) Surjeet Sahoo, Professor and Head of the Department, said. This…
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: 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…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medical sciences of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) here, have successfully conducted a surgery on a four-year-old boy suffering from nasal encephalocoeles, a rare type of birth defect affecting the brain with the lower part of the brain herniating into the nose. He…
Bhubaneswar: Eighty persons out of every one lakh population suffer from kidney related ailments while the number of such patients in the world is estimated to be around 800 million, said Prof. (Dr.) Biswaranjan Mohanty, head of the Department of Nephrology at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here. “Around 50 per cent…
Bhubaneswar: Covid like challenges are likely to confront humanity again but scientists should be prepared to face the same and find ways to counter it, an eminent researcher said on Friday. “Health concerns like the outbreak of Covid-19 will emerge now and then, but it is for scientists to find answers to the challenge,” Prof….
Bhubaneswar: Ever heard of Melioidosis? This least known ailment is a deadly tropical disease caused by a soil saprophyte (bacteria) which has a high mortality rate. A saprophyte can be a plant, fungus or microorganism which lives on dead or decaying organic matter. Researchers have found that this disease is caused by the soil saprophyte…
Bhubaneswar: Most childhood cancers can be cured if diagnosed early and treated appropriately, Prof. (Dr.) Saroj Panda, in-charge of PediatricHematology and Oncology unit at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here, said. “Children respond well to chemotherapy and show minimal side effects compared to similar treatment in adults,” Prof. (Dr.) Panda said while…
