During uterus surgery, an unauthorized clinic removes the Kidney from a woman in Bihar

  An official stated on Saturday that the Bihar Police has organised three special squads to apprehend the owner of an unauthorised nursing home and a doctor for reportedly removing both kidneys of a woman in Muzaffarpur district. Sunita Devi, the victim, was at the nursing home to hysterectomy surgery (get her uterus surgically removed) […]

Tamil Actor “Bonda” Mani requires a kidney transplant

CHENNAI: Actor ‘Bonda’ , who has been admitted to Tamil Nadu Government Multi Super Speciality Hospital in Chennai, is suffering from chronic renal failure, health minister Ma Subramanian said after visiting him. The health condition of the 59-year-old actor is presently stable, but doctors are preparing him for dialysis. On Saturday, doctors will perform a […]

Safdarjung Hospital witnesses its first robotic kidney transplant

Anup Kumar, who lead the surgery, said it involved a keyhole procedure as opposed to a 10-12 cm long incision that increases the risk of infection, hernia, and other complications India’s first robotic kidney transplant surgery at a government facility involving a 39-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukabad has been performed at New Delhi’s Safdarjung […]

Nawab Malik tells PMLA court that he almost lost his left Kidney

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Tuesday told the special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) court that “he has almost lost his left kidney and is required to be kept in a clean and hygienic environment Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Nawab Malik on Tuesday told the special PMLA (Prevention of Money […]

A successful and simultaneous Heart-lung transplant was performed by Dr.DY PATIL Hospital in Pune

  Dr. Bhagyashree P Patil Ma’am with the patient. Dr DY Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre in Pune’s Pimpri-Chinchwad has performed a successful simultaneous heart-lung transplant on a woman suffering from a rare lung disease – lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) – along with severe pulmonary hypertension. This disease causes a gradual loss of lung function. At […]

Bengaluru’s pride Dr. Sandeep Nayak ranked amongst the top 3 winners of the global robotic surgery innovation award

A Bengaluru-based surgeon has been named as one of the winners of the KS International Robotic Surgery Innovation competition. Dr Sandeep Nayak was among the three surgeons from the US, India and Spain who won top honours in the ‘KS International Robotic Surgery Innovation competition’ by Michigan-based Robotic Surgery evangelist Vattikuti Foundation. The winners were selected from 100 global entries by an […]

Samana Civil Hospital opens a new Dialysis.

  Chetan Singh Jouramajra, Health Minister, inaugurates a dialysis unit at the Civil Hospital, Samana, on Tuesday. Photo: Rajesh Sachar In a much relief to kidney patients, the Patiala Health Department has set up a dialysis unit at Samana Civil Hospital. Henceforth, poor patients need not to travel 30 km to Patiala for treatment of […]