Bhubaneswar: Doctors should serve the society with passion which will go a long way in avoiding unsavoury incidents of attacks on medical professionals, Prof. (Dr.) Sanghamitra Mishra, Dean of Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, said on Monday. “Doctors have a special place in society and such happenings should not occur and will not…
Bhubaneswar: A Japanese national, who contracted Covid while on a visit to India, was discharged from SUM Covid Hospital here on Tuesday after recovering from the virus. P. Takahara Kenji, who was in India to attend a programme, fell sick and was admitted to the hospital after showing symptoms of Covid. He complained of fever…
Bhubaneswar: The service rendered by the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) and SUM Covid Hospital after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has been remarkable and incomparable, Ashok Chandra Panda, Odisha’s minister for Science and Technology, Public Enterprises, Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disability, said on Saturday. “SUM Ultimate Medicare and SUM Covid Hospital…
Bhubaneswar: On the eve of National Intensive Care Week and to create awareness about the tireless work of critical care clinicians across the country, SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here organised a marathon on Friday with many including healthcare professionals taking part. Amitav Thakur, Inspector General of Police (Operation), who was the chief guest said doctors…
Bhubaneswar: Prof. (Dr.) Sanghamitra Mishra, Professor and Head of department of Critical Care Medicine, has been appointed as the new Dean of the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University here. Prof. (Dr.) Mishra, who will join the new post on Wednesday, replaces Prof….
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medical sciences of SOA, have successfully removed a 3 kg tumour from the chest of a 23-year-old woman which had compressed her left lung and pushed the heart and windpipe to the right of the chest cavity. After visiting few hospitals where…
Bhubaneswar: For the first time in Odisha, Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of SOA here, has successfully performed autologous stem cell transplantation on a lymphoma patient. The challenging procedure, often referred to as bone marrow transplantation (BMT), was done recently on a 33-year-old patient suffering from lymphoma, a type of…
Bhubaneswar: Awareness about Lupus, a little-known ailment which mostly afflicts women of child bearing age, is the key to fight the complex disease, experts said at a rally held here to mark World Lupus Day on Tuesday. Lupus is an auto-immune disease which mimics the symptoms of many other ailments confusing both the physician and…
Bhubaneswar: A Medical Education Department, as required under the National Medical Commission rules, was inaugurated at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, SOA’s faculty of medical sciences, here on Monday. The department was inaugurated by SOA’s pro-vice chancellor and dean of the institute Prof. Gangadhar Sahoo in the presence of the medical superintendent…
Bhubaneswar: A week-long awareness programme on immunisation was conducted by the department of paediatrics at the IMS and SUM Hospital here from April 24 to 30 to educate parents, expectant mothers and public in general about the importance of vaccination. A seminar on the subject was held on April 29 which was inaugurated by Prof….
