An interventional procedure was successfully done on a premature baby with low birth weight at Lisie Hospital here. The baby, born to parents from Kanjani in Thrissur, was referred from a local hospital with antenatally diagnosed heart disease. She had a birth weight of 935 grams, according to a release issued by the hospital on … Read more
Sri Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi has successfully performed a complete robotic Whipple procedure using the Hugo-RAS robot. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has successfully performed a complete robotic Whipple procedure using the Hugo-RAS robot. This advanced surgery was performed recently on a 66-year-old patient diagnosed with periampullary carcinoma of … Read more
Breast augmentation remains the most popular procedure, figures from a national audit show. Source link
By Dr Raghunath S.K Prostate cancer is one of the most common type of cancer amongst men, which affects the prostate gland, a small walnut-shaped gland in males that produces seminal fluid and nourishes and transports sperm. The spectrum of prostate cancer varies from trivial to severe forms. While some prostate cancers grow very slowly … Read more
The model is “pleased” the case is settled, after saying last year she was “permanently deformed”. Source link
Isyaka Mamman, thought to be 85, used the wrong needle and inserted it into his patient’s heart sac. Source link
A hospital doctor admits gross negligence manslaughter after 48-year-old Shahida Parveen died. Source link
Mumbai: Medtronic Private Limited announced the first clinical procedure in India with the Intellis spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform. The stimulator is the world’s smallest SCS device for the management of certain types of chronic intractable pain. The first intellis device for a patient in India was implanted at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, … Read more
She was checked in at the reception desk at the same time as another patient, who had arrived for a colposcopy appointment. This is a procedure to look at the cervix, the lower part of the womb at the top of the vagina, often carried out if cervical screening finds abnormal cells in the cervix. … Read more