Global ECMO Experts gather in Hyderabad for conference on advanced critical service

ECMO is a specialised medical device, which is being used in critically sick patients, who suffer from severe heart and lung problem

Hyderabad: More than 100 ECMO expert doctors from different parts of the world and India joined the two-day conference and training on advanced critical service and ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) here on Saturday.

Also, 300 trainee doctors from different parts of the country joined and got the certificate in the training session conducted by the Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, in association with ECMO Society of India and Society of Emergency Medicine.

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ECMO is a specialised medical device, which is being used in critically sick patients, who suffer from severe heart and lung problem. Apollo Hospital, Jubilee Hills is a high volume ECMO centre, certified by ELSO (Extra corporeal life support Organisation), an international body for recognition of ECMO centres, a press release said.

Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, V Tejesvi Rao, CEO, Apollo Hospital Telangana Region, Dr K Subba Reddy, HOD Critical Care Medicine, Associate Director Medical Services, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, participated.