Due to availability of highly advanced heart, kidney and lung failure ECMO systems, trained staff, dedicated nursing, dietary, physiotherapy and rehab services, the outcomes of transplants have improved, Dr Pavan Gorukanti, Director, Yashoda Hospitals said.
In a groundbreaking medical achievement, Rainbow Children's Hospital in Hyderabad successfully rescued an 18-month-old baby boy by employing ECMO support.
Hyderabad: A 12-year-old youngster Shaurya, who was suffering from severe form of Covid-19 infection, has made a full recovery at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Secunderabad after 65-days of support on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), the medical device for critical Covid patients that can perform the role of heart and lungs. Shaurya was flown-in […]
Hyderabad: Transplant surgeons at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) have performed double lung transplant on a 34-year-old male patient hailing from Haryana, who had recovered from Covid-19 infection but in the process his lungs were damaged and needed transplantation. With the patient suffering from end-state lung disease, the surgeons led by hospital’s heart and […]
