Bhubaneswar: In a significant stride towards enhancing quality standards and ensuring patient safety, SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here has achieved the prestigious Joint Commission International (JCI) Prime certification. The certification, awarded on Wednesday, marks a remarkable accomplishment for SUMUM, positioning it as the first hospital in Odisha to attain this recognition with an impressive compliance…
Bhubaneswar: The SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) has received the ‘Excellence in Hospitality and Healthcare Service Award’ at an event in Kuala Lumpur on March 22. Dr Swetapadma Dash, CEO of SUMUM, accepted the accolade on behalf of the hospital, acknowledging it as the top hospital in eastern India, as recognised by ‘MIRCHI’. Dr Dash attributed…
Bhubaneswar: In a remarkable display of compassion and medical expertise, SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), a quaternary care hospital in Bhubaneswar, organised the successful transplantation of vital organs from a brain dead patient for the second time in nine months. The liver and heart of Krushna Chandra Mahabhoi, a 48-year-old CRPF jawan, were procured after he…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here have successfully treated an infant suffering from severe Laryngomalacia, a congenital softening of the tissues in the larynx. Four-month-old child was brought to the hospital as the baby showed signs of severe respiratory distress with chest and neck retractions. The patient was rushed to the pediatric ICU…
Bhubaneswar: Sumumnoya-2023, the five-day sports meet held at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) came to an end on Monday, with ‘Nebula Nomads’ finishing as winners. The closing ceremony of the first-ever annual sports meet of SUMUM was attended by Tusharkanti Behera, Odisha’s minister of state for Home, Electronics and IT, Sports and Youth Services, who underlined…
Bhubaneswar: A five-day sports meet of SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM), titled ‘Sumumnoya’, believed to be the first of its kind organised by a corporate hospital in Odisha, kicked off here on Thursday. The meet was inaugurated by hockey Olympian and president of Hockey India Dilip Tirkey who said that it would not only keep the…
Bhubaneswar: The importance of nutrition in healthcare was underlined at a day long programme organised by SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) recently to mark the Rashtriya Poshan Maah observed in the month of September every year under the Poshan Abhiyaan. The hospital organised the first ‘SUNNO-SUM Ultimate National Nutrition Orientation’ on the subject ‘Clinical nutrition in…
The first National Medical Records Day was celebrated at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) on September 9. The National Medical Records Day was introduced by the Health Records Association of India this year. Dr (Brig) Biraj Mohan Mishra, chief of medical services, SUM Ultimate Medicare attended the event as chief guest along with Dr PK Panda,…
Bhubaneswar: Surgeons of SUM Ultimate Medicare here have successfully removed a cricket ball size skull base tumour from a 15-year-old boy through minimal invasive surgery. Sudam Kishku, who belongs to Mayurbhanj district, had experienced gradual facial swelling close to his left eye. A thorough examination of the boy and relevant radiological investigations revealed the existence…
Bhubaneswar: The staff members of SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) to spread awareness about organ donation enacted ‘Life after Death’- a street corner play on Saturday here as part of Indian Organ Donation Day which was observed on Thursday. Soumendra Priyadarshi, commissioner of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissionerate, who inaugurated the play, hailed the efforts being made by…
