One of the three organ recipients who underwent transplant surgery on Friday has survived. While both recipients at SSKM Hospital expired, the recipient of a kidney at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) was recuperating well, according to doctors...READ more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/two-die-after-transplan...
Thirteen-year-old Vikram Kumar Singh had been complaining of intermittent chest pain and shortness of breath for the past two years. Several doctors treated him for basic muscular pain till his condition was diagnosed as triple vessel disease triggered by Kawasaki disease, a very rare condition in children. Vikram underwent a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery recently and has been discharged from hospital after recovery...Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Heart-surgery-saves-13-...
The Missionary Sisters of May Help of Christians has announced the passing away of Sr. Elizabeth Packumala MSMHC, a former Superior General of the Congregation at Rabindranath Tagore International Hospital, Kolkata due to cardiac arrest..Read more at SHILLONG TIMES http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2017/11/28/sr-elizabeth-passes-away/
Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences successfully treated Rabita Iqbal, a 10-year-old girl from Bangladesh, born with a rare genetic disorder called, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)..This is an inherited condition, in which the level of bad cholesterol in the blood is much higher than normal (total cholesterol more than 600) from birth leading to aggressive and premature cardiovascular disease..Read more at INDIAN BLOOMS https://www.indiablooms.com/health-details/H/855/kolkata-s-hospital-oper...
The girl, Sapna, who hails from Sindh, underwent the surgery at RTIICS in Kolkata..When she was just 2 months old doctors detected a hole in her heart (VSD- Ventricular Septal Defect)..VSD is a hole in the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart. In normal development, the wall between the chambers closes before the fetus is born, so that by birth, oxygen-rich blood is kept from mixing with the oxygen-poor blood. When the hole does not close, it may cause higher pressure in the heart or reduced oxygen to the body..Read mor at INDIAN BLOOMS https://indiablooms.com/health-details/H/1214/pakistan-girl-undergoes-he...
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Two die after transplant...
One of the three organ recipients who underwent transplant surgery on Friday has survived. While both recipients at SSKM Hospital expired, the recipient of a kidney at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS) was recuperating well, according to doctors...READ more at THE TIMES OF INDIA https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/two-die-after-transplan...
Heart surgery saves 13-year-old boy
Thirteen-year-old Vikram Kumar Singh had been complaining of intermittent chest pain and shortness of breath for the past two years. Several doctors treated him for basic muscular pain till his condition was diagnosed as triple vessel disease triggered by Kawasaki disease, a very rare condition in children. Vikram underwent a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery recently and has been discharged from hospital after recovery...Read more at THE TIMES OF INDIA
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Heart-surgery-saves-13-...
Sr. Elizabeth Passes Away
The Missionary Sisters of May Help of Christians has announced the passing away of Sr. Elizabeth Packumala MSMHC, a former Superior General of the Congregation at Rabindranath Tagore International Hospital, Kolkata due to cardiac arrest..Read more at SHILLONG TIMES
http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2017/11/28/sr-elizabeth-passes-away/
Operates bypass surgery of a Bangladeshi girl successfully
Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences successfully treated Rabita Iqbal, a 10-year-old girl from Bangladesh, born with a rare genetic disorder called, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)..This is an inherited condition, in which the level of bad cholesterol in the blood is much higher than normal (total cholesterol more than 600) from birth leading to aggressive and premature cardiovascular disease..Read more at INDIAN BLOOMS
https://www.indiablooms.com/health-details/H/855/kolkata-s-hospital-oper...
Pakistan girl undergoes heart surgery in Kolkata
The girl, Sapna, who hails from Sindh, underwent the surgery at RTIICS in Kolkata..When she was just 2 months old doctors detected a hole in her heart (VSD- Ventricular Septal Defect)..VSD is a hole in the wall separating the two lower chambers of the heart. In normal development, the wall between the chambers closes before the fetus is born, so that by birth, oxygen-rich blood is kept from mixing with the oxygen-poor blood. When the hole does not close, it may cause higher pressure in the heart or reduced oxygen to the body..Read mor at INDIAN BLOOMS
https://indiablooms.com/health-details/H/1214/pakistan-girl-undergoes-he...