Bhubaneswar: In a rare single surgery, neurosurgeons of Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have removed multiple tumours weighing more than 500 grams from the brain of a 30-year-old woman. The woman, belonging to Daspalla in Nayagarh district, had come to the hospital with complaints like headache, vomiting and declining eye sight. She…
Bhubaneswar: Children are getting increasingly afflicted by rheumatoid arthritis these days but the problem can be addressed through proper diagnosis, tests and treatment, said Prof. Surjit Singh, director of the post-graduate Institute of Medical Research, Chandigarh. Speaking at the two-day 13th conference of the Odisha branch of Indian Rheumatology Association at IMS and SUM Hospital…
Bhubaneswar: Oncologists at the SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here have deployed bravos brachytherapy, a type of radiation therapy, with success in treating a man suffering from tongue cancer. The treatment involves placement of a sealed radiation source inside the targeted area. Raghunath Mohanty (45) had come to the hospital for treatment of an ulcer on…
Bhubaneswar: Kamalini Mallick, nursing in-chrage of the SUM Covid Hospital here was honoured with the ‘Kalinga Virangana’ award on Sunday for her relentless endeavour to serve Covid patients over the last two years. The award, instituted by the Seva Prayas Foundation, was presented to Mallick by Dr. Sanghamitra Pati, director of the Regional Medical Research…
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: Oral and maxillofacial surgeons from different institutes came together to spread awareness about the specialty of maxillofacial surgery at the Institute of Dental Sciences and SUM Hospital here on Sunday while commemorating the birth anniversary of India’s first oral surgeon Dr. Minoo Sorabjee Ginwalla. The Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons of India (AOMSI)…
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…
Bhubaneswar: Neurosurgeons at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, SOA’s faculty of medicine here, have come across a rare human tail which is said to be the first bony tail in thoracic region to be reported in the world. The new born baby had a spinal cord anomaly with a tail at upper…
Bhubaneswar: Doctors at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here have virtually pulled out a two-year-old boy from the brink after he had suffered serious burn injuries when a pot of boiling water accidentally overturned on him a fortnight ago. Bedanshu, who celebrated his second birthday in the department of Burns, Plastic and…
