After a three-phase operation performed by AIIMS oncologists, a 24-year-old lady with Growing Teratoma Syndrome (GTS) was able to get rid of a 12-kg tumour that had invaded several organs, including the liver, rectum, bladder, major veins, and muscles.
AIIMS Rishikesh surgeons successfully removed a 6.6 kg tumor from a 37-year-old man's shoulder, alleviating his unbearable pain and limited movement. The patient from UP's Mohammad Sadikpur visited the Surgical Oncology Department in February 2024, leading to the discovery of cancer.
Vadodara consumer forum ruled in favor of Vijay Joshi's complaint against National Insurance Company for not covering the BiPAP machine used for his sleep apnea treatment. The forum stated that the machine should be included in the cost of treatment and post-hospitalization expenses.
The first human patient implanted with a brain-chip from Neuralink has fully recovered and can control a computer mouse with their thoughts. Neuralink aims to enable people to control a computer cursor or keyboard using their thoughts and treat conditions like obesity, autism, depression, and schizophrenia.
Confirming to TOI that this is the first HD patient’s brain at the Nimhans brain bank, Anita Mahadevan, professor and HOD of neuropathology, said, “This gives a great fillip to HD research. So far, everything else, for instance — blood samples — was used to mirror what happens in the brain to understand the disease. But now, we’ll have actual brain tissue to work with.”
Head (Neurology) at Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Postgraduate Institute, Puducherry, Dr C T Suresh along with Anoop and Kavita successfully administered levodopa -- a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease -- to an 80-year-old man in Puducherry during a dental procedure, root canal treatment.
A physician and two nurses were placed on APO on Saturday by the management of MDM Hospital in connection with the death of a patient whose oxygen supply was interrupted by the hospital's early Friday morning power outage in the trauma centre.
Altered level of consciousness of recent onset, hemodynamic instability, need for respiratory support, patients with acute illness requiring intensive monitoring and/or organ support or any medical condition or disease with anticipation of deterioration have been listed as criteria for ICU admission.
Research indicates that strokes rank as the third most prevalent cause of mortality in developed nations, and they also stand as a prominent contributor to fatalities and disabilities resulting from non-communicable diseases in developing countries.
In CAR T-cell therapies, a patient's T-cells are removed from their blood and a gene for a receptor that binds to a specific protein on cancer cells is added to help them find and destroy cancer cells.
The family members gathered outside the hospital and protested but later the matter was resolved after a discussion between the two sides.
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