Conversion Disorder or Functional Neurologic Symptom Disorder is a psychiatric condition in which the body’s emotional and psychological stressors are converted to physical symptoms that cannot be explained by a neurological or medical condition. Psychogenic blepharospasm is a rare manifestation of Conversion Disorder where an individual suffers from involuntary closure […]
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Wockhardt Hospitals, South Mumbai Re-accredited by JCI, USA for the second time
Wockhardt Hospitals, South Mumbai becomes the first hospital in South Mumbai to receive the coveted accreditation of Joint Commission International (JCI), the USA in 2014 and recently successfully got re-accredited for a three-year term. Joint Commission International Accreditation is the Gold Standard in healthcare which demonstrates a commitment to provide […]
Patients with Big Broad Faces and Facial Asymmetry Can Reshape Their Faces Without Surgery: Study
Masseter hypertrophy is mostly idiopathic, rare, and occurs with no cause. It is an enlargement of one or both masseter muscles. Many of the patients develop this enlargement of the masseter muscles, because of having bruxism or teeth grinding during sleep. This makes the lower face become very broad and […]
49-Year-Old Woman Was Successfully Treated for Post-Covid Guillian Barre Syndrome at Global Hospital
A team led by Dr. Pankaj Agarwal, Senior Consultant Neurologist, Head – Movement Disorders Clinic and In-Charge, DBS program, Global Hospital, Mumbai, saved the life of a 49-year-old woman who fought Covid successfully, but later had Guillian Barre Syndrome (GBS), a rare but serious neurological disorder in which the body’s […]
A Critical Covid Positive Woman Successfully Gives Birth to A Premature Baby at Wockhardt Hospital
Pregnancy is bliss but sometimes things can go awry. A team headed by Dr Pritam Moon (consultant physician), Dr Bipin Jibhkate (Consultant and Head Critical Care Medicine), Dr Mangala Patil (Consultant Obstetrician), Dr Samir Shaikh (Consultant Neonatologist), helped a 35 years old woman beat Covid-19, and deliver a second baby at 31st week, after performing […]
India has the Potential to Become World’s Diabetes Care Capital: Says Expert
Inculcating awareness around diabetes is the urgent intervention required at every sphere. Lack of awareness in India has made it the second most affected diabetic-hit country of the world touching an estimated 77 million people. And during the COVID-19 pandemic the incidence of diabetes has multiplied markedly. Coincidently, first time […]
The world’s largest RCT investigating use of MagicTouch PTA Sirolimus Coated balloon for peripheral artery disease kicks off to a flying start
Concept Medical Inc., focused on vascular intervention drug delivery devices, has announced the enrolment of the first patient in the SirPAD (Sirolimus in Peripheral Artery Disease) trial. SirPAD is the first All-Comer randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT) investigating major adverse limb events in PAD patients with lesions below the inguinal ligament. SirPAD is investigator-initiated, single-center, randomized, non-inferiority, open-label […]
Rainbow Children’s Hospital expands footprint in Namma Bengaluru
Rainbow Children’s Hospital and BirthRight by Rainbow, India’s largest pediatric hospital group, announced the launch of its new hospital unit in Bengaluru today. This marks the award-winning hospital group’s third unit in Bengaluru and the 13th unit across India. The Hebbal unit is a 50-bed ultramodern and sophisticated hospital with all […]
Gall Bladder Infection with Rupture, Induced Multiorgan Failure and cardiac arrest, In 56-Year-Old Man Successfully Operated At Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road
A team headed by Dr. Imran Shaikh, Consultant GI & HPB surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road, saved the life of a 56-year-old man with an infection and ruptured gall bladder that led to multiorgan failure. The patient was very critical with lifesaving supports for heart and lung, underwent major life-saving surgery – Exploratory laparotomy […]
Zen Multispecialty Hospital successfully performs A Rare Surgery laparoscopically to remove Tumor From A 43-Year-Old Man’s Food Pipe
A team headed by Dr. Roy Patankar, Director and Gastroenterologist, Zen Multispeciality Hospital extracted an 8 cm tumor from the esophagus of a 43-year-old man by performing a rare and complicated laparoscopic surgery. Now, the patient has been discharged and can eat and swallow properly. The line of treatment needed […]
