Two kids of the city are fighting a tough battle against the rare Leptin deficiency, a condition that causes severe obesity. According to doctors, these are perhaps the first two such cases in Andhra Pradesh and the third case in India..Read more at THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2018/mar/15/weighty-wo...
LIV Life Hospital conducted an Anti-Obesity’ walk in the city on the occasion of Anti-Obesity Day to create an awareness on obesity related diseases. They conducted a 3 km walk from the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium to Raghavaiah Park in the city...
An 18-year-old migrant labourer from Murshidabad who returned from Bengaluru three days ago has been kept in the isolation ward of ID Hospital Beliaghata as a precautionary measure in the wake of the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. Health department officials, however, said they do not suspect him to have been infected by the virus..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/18-yr-old-quarantined-a...
Little Nimota Aminu, who has been diagnosed with a heart disease, will need about N5m for treatment abroad...The report read, “A clinical evaluation indicated that Nimota has systematic congenital heart disease, which was confirmed by echocardiography, consisting of a large-sized ostium secundum atrial septal defect, shunting left to right, right ventricular dilation and dilated pulmonary arteries.”..Read more at PUNCH http://punchng.com/two-year-old-needs-n5m-for-heart-surgery/
A 19-year-old Tanzanian woman, from Zanzibar, underwent surgery in the city for a rare congenital defect that left her with a bloated stomach...Sauda Suleiman Amour was diagnosed as suffering from hepatomphalocele, a condition where the abdomen wall that protects organs such as intestines and liver is thin..Read more at THE HINDU http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tanzanian-woman-gets-treated...
In death, a 13 year-old girl has given new lease of life to five critically-ill patients. Kurla resident Roshni Arote’s family donated her heart, lung, kidneys and liver after she was declared brain dead by the doctors at Kohinoor Hospital..
Of the 88 affected, 24 are still in hospitals and one of them is critical condition. They suffered from stomach aches, vomiting and giddiness, two to three hours after eating the food on Monday evening. The three children were declared dead on arrival at the MGM Hospital at Kamothe that night..Read more at HINDUSTANTIMES
Three-year-old Riyan Nayak conquered death and went back home on Friday after spending 21days in hospital. Asevere head injury, followed by a cardiac arrest and a spine fracture, had posed a threat to Riyan’s life. Despite the challenges, doctors did not give up and the parents did not lose hope as the little boy fought it out..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA
Dankuni resident Sanjay Roy’s family is happy that their allegation of medical negligence by on-duty doctors at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals has been vindicated by the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC). Roy’s widow Rubi and mother Shoma were present at the council’s office during the final hearing..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/happy-but-expected-hars...
Weighty worry
Two kids of the city are fighting a tough battle against the rare Leptin deficiency, a condition that causes severe obesity. According to doctors, these are perhaps the first two such cases in Andhra Pradesh and the third case in India..Read more at THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS
http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2018/mar/15/weighty-wo...
LIV Life Hospital conducts Anti-Obesity Day walk
LIV Life Hospital conducted an Anti-Obesity’ walk in the city on the occasion of Anti-Obesity Day to create an awareness on obesity related diseases. They conducted a 3 km walk from the Indira Gandhi Municipal Corporation Stadium to Raghavaiah Park in the city...
18-year-old quarantined at ID Hospital
An 18-year-old migrant labourer from Murshidabad who returned from Bengaluru three days ago has been kept in the isolation ward of ID Hospital Beliaghata as a precautionary measure in the wake of the Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala. Health department officials, however, said they do not suspect him to have been infected by the virus..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/18-yr-old-quarantined-a...
Two-year-old needs N5m for heart surgery
Little Nimota Aminu, who has been diagnosed with a heart disease, will need about N5m for treatment abroad...The report read, “A clinical evaluation indicated that Nimota has systematic congenital heart disease, which was confirmed by echocardiography, consisting of a large-sized ostium secundum atrial septal defect, shunting left to right, right ventricular dilation and dilated pulmonary arteries.”..Read more at PUNCH
http://punchng.com/two-year-old-needs-n5m-for-heart-surgery/
Tanzanian woman gets treated for rare condition
A 19-year-old Tanzanian woman, from Zanzibar, underwent surgery in the city for a rare congenital defect that left her with a bloated stomach...Sauda Suleiman Amour was diagnosed as suffering from hepatomphalocele, a condition where the abdomen wall that protects organs such as intestines and liver is thin..Read more at THE HINDU http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tanzanian-woman-gets-treated...
13-year-old’s family donates her organs
In death, a 13 year-old girl has given new lease of life to five critically-ill patients. Kurla resident Roshni Arote’s family donated her heart, lung, kidneys and liver after she was declared brain dead by the doctors at Kohinoor Hospital..
Khalapur food poisoning
Of the 88 affected, 24 are still in hospitals and one of them is critical condition. They suffered from stomach aches, vomiting and giddiness, two to three hours after eating the food on Monday evening. The three children were declared dead on arrival at the MGM Hospital at Kamothe that night..Read more at HINDUSTANTIMES
Spinal injury rehabilitation centre inaugurated
With a view to empowering people with spinal injuries, a rehabilitation centre named ‘Udaan’ was inaugurated at the NHS Hospital ...Read more at THE TRIBUNE http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jalandhar/spinal-injury-rehabilitation-...
Plucky Riyan recovers, walks back home
Three-year-old Riyan Nayak conquered death and went back home on Friday after spending 21days in hospital. Asevere head injury, followed by a cardiac arrest and a spine fracture, had posed a threat to Riyan’s life. Despite the challenges, doctors did not give up and the parents did not lose hope as the little boy fought it out..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA
Happy, but expected harsher punishment
Dankuni resident Sanjay Roy’s family is happy that their allegation of medical negligence by on-duty doctors at Apollo Gleneagles Hospitals has been vindicated by the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC). Roy’s widow Rubi and mother Shoma were present at the council’s office during the final hearing..Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/happy-but-expected-hars...
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