An operation room (OT) fire at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on Monday resulted in the deaths of a 26-year-old lady with a parathyroid tumour and a five-week-old infant with congenital heart disease, as well as injuries to two more people.
One of India's largest private healthcare providers, Max Healthcare led by Abhay Soi, has signed a pact to buy Starlit Medical Centre through Crosslay Remedies.
Max Healthcare said it will buy the 550-bed Sahara Hospital in Lucknow for an enterprise value of Rs 940 crore (around $113 million) in a bid to expand its presence in Tier-I /II cities. The deal will be routed through Max subsidiary Crosslay Remedies.One of India's largest private healthcare providers, Max Healthcare led by Abhay Soi, has signed a pact to buy Starlit Medical Centre through Crosslay Remedies. Starlit had earlier entered into an agreement with Sahara India Medical Institute for purchase of Sahara Hospital on a slump sale basis, a company statement said.
Highlighting the issue on the second day of 46th annual conference of the Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists (MICROCON-2023) at the King George's Medical University (KGMU), doctors said that the country has just one infection control nurse (ICN) per 1,000 beds, as compared to the WHO recommendation of one ICN on every 100 beds.
A proposal to purchase modern equipment worth Rs 24 crore has been sent to the Uttar Pradesh government. Soon the work on recruitment of faculty and nursing staff will also be completed and it is expected that this centre will start working for patients in the beginning of 2024.
With an influx of patients seeking treatment in their outpatient departments, dengue wards in Balrampur Hospital, Lokbandhu, and SPM Civil Hospital are packed to capacity. Experts emphasise that dengue transmission is linked to factors such as rainfall, humidity, and temperature, which determine the areas and the rate at which the virus spreads. Rainfall and humidity in September created water accumulation, which created a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
There are 3.6 crore ration card holder families of whom 1.92 crore are covered for medical insurance under various schemes. The government now plans to extend the insurance cover to the remaining 1.68 crore ration card holders as well.
Officials stated that the department of urology at KGMU has witnessed leadership changes over the years. Prof D Dalela served as its head from July 2003 to September 2008 and Prof Sankhwar succeeded him. Since then he was CMS KGMU and head urology for 12 years.
The proposal, amounting to 18.22 crores, has been greenlit, with orders to release the initial installment of 4.55 crores. The permission to create the transplant center has been granted for the sixth and seventh floors of the main medical building within the institute's premises. Upon its completion, not only residents of Lucknow but also those from the surrounding areas will benefit from access to healthcare facilities.
Chairing a meeting of heads of all medical institutions of the state, Pathak stressed on the importance of delivering exceptional medical services to patients and issued directives to enhance it. He has mandated hospitals to maintain ample stock of medicines and essential equipment and told doctors to restrict prescribing medicines which are available outside the government hospitals.
Doctors at King George's Medical University in Lucknow successfully used a technique called deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) to induce a temporary state of 'death' for a 28-year-old woman with a serious issue concerning her aorta. This took place during a complex surgery in which the medical team repaired it in just six minutes.
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