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RCS
to offer British trauma course for medical students in India
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the oldest of the
royal surgical colleges in the United Kingdom has for the
first time, rolled out its pre-hospital trauma course for
medical students in India. The course will be conducted from
7th to 9th October at Ahmedabad. The College, which has completed
500 years of its inception this year, will offer the course
through its faculty of prehospital care.
Experts
thrash strategy to curb infection in hospitals
There is a rise in infection rate in Indian hospitals leading
to serious consequences. Such a situation is attributed to
hospitals’ reluctance to invest in infection control,
lack of awareness and improper waste management, averred Dr
Ajita Mehta, president, Hospital Infection Society of India
(HIS) at the conclave for Infection Leaders conference in
the city recently.
Rare
heart surgery performed at MIOT hospitals
MIOT multi-specialty hospital, Chennai performed a unique
heart surgery on 24-year-old patient Kala, who was suffering
from hole in the heart (Ventricular Septal Defect), an opening
ductus arteriosus that failed to close at birth. In addition,
she had a large aneurysm of pulmonary artery.
New
dialysis centre inaugurated at St Martha’s Hospital
M V Rajashekaran, Minister of State, inaugurated a state-of-the-art
dialysis centre managed by Manipal Institute of Nephrology
and Urology (MINU) for Planning, Government of India at St
Martha’s Hospital. The centre capable of performing over
300 dialysis every month, will offer dialysis services for
patients with kidney failure. It will also provide dialysis
for very sick patients in ICU, peritoneal dialysis and inpatient
and outpatient services for kidney diseases.
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