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Pakistan’s Covid-19 cases surpass 406k mark

December 3, 2020 - by IANS

Islamabad: Pakistan’s overall coronavirus caseload has increased to 406,810 after an additional 3,499 people tested positive in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Thursday. In the same …

National / News Update

With 35.5K new Covid cases India’s tally across 95L

December 3, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: With 35,551 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally increased to 95,34,964 on Thursday, as 526 more fatalities took the Covid-19 death toll to 1,38,648, …

'Vaccines expected to reach cold chain points in Delhi by Dec-end'

Health / Special

Belgium vax candidate protects against Covid-19: Study

December 2, 2020 - by IANS

London: Belgium virologists have developed a vaccine candidate against Covid-19 based on the yellow fever vaccine, which as a result also works against yellow fever. The study, published in the journal …

National / News Update

With over 36K new corona cases, India’s tally nears 95L

December 2, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: With 36,604 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, India’s overall tally increased to 94,99,413 on Wednesday, as 501 more fatalities took the COVID-19 death toll to 1,38,122, …

Health / Special

Odisha stands prepared for Covid vaccination

November 30, 2020 - by IANS

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is now a step ahead in the preparations for Covid-19 vaccination in all parameters of the national guidelines, said an official on Monday. This was revealed at a national-level …

SUM HOSPITAL CONDUCTS SECOND LIVER TRANSPLANTATION IN ODISHA Bhubaneswar, Nov. 30: For the second time in Odisha’s medical history, a living-donor liver transplantation was successfully undertaken at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of medicine of SOA Deemed to be University, here on Sunday. The first ever liver transplantation in the state was also conducted at IMS and SUM Hospital on March 5 last. A team headed by Prof. P.Balachandran Menon of Hyderabad-based Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG) and GI surgeon Dr. Satya Prakash Roychoudhury from IMS and SUM Hospital conducted the marathon 12-hour long surgery. Prof. Manoj Kumar Sahu, Head of the department of Gastroenterology at IMS and SUM Hospital, said the surgical process began at 4 am in the morning and continued for 12 hours. The beneficiary of the liver transplantation was Mr. Umesh Kumar Rout of Sambalpur, a 49-year-old teacher, who received a portion of the liver of his sister Ms. Anita Kumari (41). “Mr. Rout was suffering from end stage liver disease and the only option available was to go for liver transplantation to save his life,” Prof. Sahu said. A 40-member team, comprising doctors, nurses and paramedics from multiple specialties including Gastro Intestinal surgery, Hepatology, Anesthesia, Cardiology, Urology, Nephrology, Radiology, OT, Infection Control, Central Lab and Blood Bank had been constituted for the purpose earlier. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed earlier between AIG and IMS and SUM Hospital for conducting the liver transplantation. Explaining the procedure, Prof. Sahu said about 60 per cent of the donor’s liver was first taken out while the diseased liver was removed from the patient simultaneously in a separate OT. The new liver was implanted with the surgeons attaching the arteries, veins and bile ducts perfectly. Rotem, a new technology was used to monitor the coagulation parameters of the recipient. Both the donor and recipient had been extubated after surgery, he said. The surgery was supported by a 10-member team from AIG led by Prof. Menon, Director of Liver Transplantation, other members of the team being Dr. G.V.Premkumar, Dr. Shakti Swaroop, Dr. Krishna Chaitanya and Mr. Santosh Kumar Sahoo. The core transplant team at IMS and SUM Hospital included, Dr. Sumit Mohanty, Dr. Satya Sundar Gajendra Mohapatra, Dr. Santosh Kumar Singh, Dr. Rajib Lochan Samal, Dr. Debakanta Mishra, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Bhola, Dr. Girija Nandini Kanungo and transplant coordinators Mr. Susanta Kumar Biswal and Mr. Saroj Senapati. Prof. Menon expressed his satisfaction at the facilities available at IMS and SUM Hospital for such high-end surgeries saying the team members were very cooperative and fast learners. The hospital could emerge as a centre for transplant surgeries in the future, he said. “It was the dream of SOA’s Founder-President Prof. Manojranjan Nayak to start liver transplantation in Odisha and the first such surgery created history in the state,” Prof. Sahu said. Prof. Sahu, who has provided leadership for such surgeries in the hospital with the support of the Medical Superintendent, Dr. Pusparaj Samantasinhar, said liver transplantation had become a reality in Odisha when the first such surgery was conducted at IMS and SUM Hospital on March 5. A patient from Balasore, Mr. Jayanta Kumar Biswal had received a portion of the liver of his 18-year-old son in a successful transplant. He said liver diseases had become very common in Odisha and many young people were dying without transplantation. “This had become a reality now in our state with liver transplantation being done at IMS and SUM Hospital at a very affordable cost,” Prof. Sahu said adding Bhubaneswar was turning into a health hub for world class health care.

Business / National / News Update

India’s economic fundamentals strong, hopeful of growth trajectory: Toyota

November 30, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: Even as pent-up demand wanes, auto major Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) is optimistic about the future growth trajectory via low interest rate regime, promotional offers as well as India’s …

Health / Special

Researchers to explore how vitamin D affects Covid-19

November 30, 2020 - by IANS

New York: After several studies linked high vitamin D supplementation with reduced Covid-19 effects, now researchers from Penn State University in the US, to study whether vitamin D could help people …

Health / Special

This machine saving lives of severe Covid patients: Study

November 29, 2020 - by IANS

London: Researchers have revealed that Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machines — the existing medical treatment — are saving lives of patients hospitalised with Covid-19. CPAP machines use mild air pressure …

Health / Special

78% adults Indians make a conscious effort to build immunity: Survey

November 29, 2020November 28, 2020 - by IANS

New Delhi: The underlying message from COVID-19 was loud and clear, if your immune system is weak or if you are suffering from any lifestyle disease then you are amongst …

Health / News Update

‘Mexico’s pandemic-hit economy could shrink nearly 9 % in 2020’

November 26, 2020 - by IANS

Mexico City: Mexico’s economy could contract 8.9 per cent in 2020, amid a slow recovery in global productivity affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) said …