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Nov, 2020
37-year-old Ms. Jyotsna Maru was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome after suffering from Covid-19. It is an autoimmune disease which results in paralysis of limbs due to delays in sending signals through the nerves. Several reports of covid 19 associated…
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Nov, 2020
A 35-year-old woman from Mira Road beat Covid-19 and went on to successfully deliver her baby in the 7th month of her pregnancy. Both the mother and baby were discharged after the woman spent 60 days in the hospital, including 21 days in the intensive care unit (ICU) and 14 days on the ventilator. The patient was referred to Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road, after she complained of fever, breathless and…
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Nov, 2020
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…
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Oct, 2020
Chandini Mulukutla who works as Infection Prevention Control Nurse at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, traveled from Vishakhapatnam during lockdown to join COVID duty post her maternity leave 33-year-old Chandini Mulukutla, Infection Prevention Control Nurse, was busy being a new mother when the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic was reported in China on December 31, 2019. In March 2020, the pandemic was still at a nascent stage in India, and Ms Mulukutla…
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Oct, 2020
Shaista Pathan, 47, a native of Palghar, is suffering from memory loss and brain fog after testing positive for COVID-19. According to a report in Times Of India (TOI), Pathan was rushed to Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital on August 14…
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Oct, 2020
A 48-yr old gentleman was successfully treated with speech therapy for COVID-19 associated stroke at Wockhardt Hospital, South Bombay. With appropriate rehabilitation therapy and a positive attitude, patients with residual neuro-deficits can also show remarkable improvement. Mr. Tirupati Swami, an avid singer, a resident of Ulhasnagar who works in Indian Oil Corporation developed fever, cough and generalized weakness and was diagnosed as COVID 19 positive on 8th August. He was admitted…
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Oct, 2020
Looking after your own mental health is even more important now given the uncertainty surrounding the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Perhaps, we’re still trying to adjust to the new realities of working from home, home-schooling of children, a…
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Sep, 2020
A 1.5-kg rare tumour was removed from the right lung of a 15-year-old boy from Byculla, Mumbai. The boy had complained of breathlessness and cough, following which the family physician thought that it could be Covid-19 and asked for few tests. However, chest CT scan confirmed a large tumour of 16cm x 14cm x 12cm size in his right lung. The patient was then admitted to Wockhardt Hospital at Mira…
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Sep, 2020
A team headed by Dr. Ankit Gupta, lead pediatric Intensivist, and Dr. Ashwin Borkar consultant neurosurgeon at Wockhardt Hospital Mira Road gave a fresh lease of life to a 6-year-old boy from Ahmednagar who was suffering from Sideroblastic anemia…
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Sep, 2020
92-year-old Ghanshyamdas Chanchlani and 91-year-old Madhuri Sampat have defeated COVID-19 with sheer patience and an optimistic attitude at Wockhardt Hospital, South Mumbai. The patients have been united with their families and have inspired many to fight this disease instead of getting bogged down by it. Even 90 years plus patients can recover with timely intervention and prompt treatment. At 92-years of age, Ghanshyamdas Chanchlani, a resident of Panvel never missed…
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