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Dec, 2022
The team of Wockhardt Hospitals Nagpur organized the ‘Be a Santa’ program on the occasion of Christmas. While celebrating Christmas with the staff and patients the joy was truly doubled. The spirit of Christmas is the spirit of love and generosity…
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Dec, 2022
We hear stories of unbreakable brother-sister bonds. Another incident that strengthened this bond further took place in Nashik’s Wockhardt Hospital wherein a sister gifted a new life to her brother by donating her kidney. Nephrologists Dr. Anirudha Dhokare and Dr. Shyam Pagar at Wockhardt Hospital, Nashik, and their team took up the challenge to perform this surgery successfully. Asif Pathan, a 32-year-old from Nashik, was suffering from kidney disease for…
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23
Dec, 2022
In a statement, the Ministry of Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that "the public health challenge of Covid-19 still persists around the world with around 35 lakh cases reported weekly". India has been reporting a “steady decline” in Covid-19…
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22
Dec, 2022
A 43-year-old male was referred with a history of suspected aspiration of foreign body. The patient, a resident of Mumbai, experienced a sharp pain in his throat during an afternoon meal. As per his history, a fishbone was suspected to be stuck in his throat. Family members tried innumerable home remedies but to no avail. An emergency Bronchoscopy was planned for the evening. “As the patient was unwilling to undergo…
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21
Dec, 2022
A team consisting of Dr. Sushil Nehete, Consultant Plastic, Hand, and Microsurgeon, and Dr. Pratap Nadar, Consultant Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon, Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road successfully re-joined the complete index finger of the right hand of a 20-month-old…
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Dec, 2022
A team led by Dr. Rajashri Tayshete Bhasale Consultant Gynaecologist, Laparoscopic Surgeon & Obstetrician, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road successfully removed a 10 cm cervical fibroid weighing one-and-half kgs through a laparoscopic hysterectomy. The 48-year-old resident of Boisar, Palghar district, Maharashtra a mother of two. She underwent tubal surgery and 2 LCSC surgeries for deliveries. Post her deliveries, she complained of intense abdominal pain and menorrhagia or abnormally heavy bleeding during…
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25
Nov, 2022
A team headed by Dr Nitu Mundhra, Consultant Neonatologist, Paediatrician and Lactation Expert, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road gave a new lease of life to premature twins born at 25 weeks of gestation. The twins having various complications related to…
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Nov, 2022
A 28-year-old National Level boxer named Ms. Meghna Kate was admitted to Wockhardt Hospitals with severe pain and stiffness in the left wrist after she punched the wall in a fit of anger 3 months ago. The MRI revealed a locked volar dislocation of the ulna at the distal radio-ulnar joint. For 3 months patient managed the pain through painkillers, physiotherapy, and plaster at a local hospital. During this period…
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23
Nov, 2022
Honoring the will of 64 years old Shubhangi Madhukar Kasod, the relatives of the brain-dead patient donated her two kidneys and one liver giving a new lease of life to three different people. Her brother Sudesh Ghate and Umesh…
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22
Nov, 2022
Bedsores — also called pressure ulcers and decubitus ulcers — are injuries to the skin and underlying tissue resulting from prolonged pressure on the skin. If the patient is immobile due to paralysis, Fracture Poly trauma also patients who are on venti support and sedation are prone to bed soreness. Wockhardt Hospitals, Nagpur are taking a step to raise awareness in this direction. Bedsores most often develop on skin that…
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