Child with rare liver tumor receives new lease of life with live liver transplant during the COVID lockdown

Bangalore, 21 July 2020: In a life-saving surgery, 6-year-old Sarvesh, a child from RR Nagar received a live liver transplant from his mother recently. He was suffering from a very rare kind of tumour called hepatoblastoma, which had grown to a large size and had almost occupied his liver. Hepatoblastoma are rare malignant tumours which mostly occur […]

What happens to our body when there is a nutrition deficiency?

By Ms.Pavithra N Raj, Chief Dietician, Columbia Asia Referral Hospital Yeshwanthpur Body needs various types of nutrition to keep a person healthy and fit. Nutrition can be divided into macro and micronutrients. When body is deficit in major macro nutrients it doesn’t show much of symptoms but with micronutrients some symptoms may be visible even […]

Upskilling of Nurses during COVID 19 Pandemic

Contributed by Col Binu Sharma, Senior Vice President- Nursing Services, Columbia Asia Hospitals We are living in unprecedented times, as we have to step up our efforts to provide the most optimum, safe care to our patients during the global COVID-19 crisis. This year is significantly shining a light on the contribution of nurses to […]

Deeksha VidyaDaan students excel in Karnataka PU II exams

Deeksha VidyaDaan students excel in Karnataka PU II exams

Bangalore, 15 July 2020: Students of Deeksha under the VidyaDaan scheme have excelled in the PU II examinations, the results of which were announced recently. The ‘VidyaDaan’ scheme is an initiative designed to provide quality education, free of cost, to meritorious students from economically challenged backgrounds across Karnataka. The students who have come out with […]

Artificial Intelligence might hold a universal solution for cancer

Contributed by Dr Baswant Rao Malipatil, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Columbia Asia Hospital Sarjapur Road The sky is the limit when it comes to technological advancements that a human brain is capable of. Time and again, researchers, scientists, and others have come up with tools, process, and technologies that have benefitted and brought about ease of […]

Deeksha students outshine in Karnataka PU II results

Deeksha students outshine in Karnataka PU II results

Once again,students of Deeksha have outshined in the PU II examinations, the results of which were announced today. The students that have come out in flying colours with high scores in the PU II Science streams are Arpitha Hathwar T G, with a total aggregate of 590, H R Shruti, with a total aggregate of […]

Aster CMI doctors revive 5-yr-old child from a 40-minute-long cardiac arrest during a liver transplant

Aster CMI doctors revive 5-yr-old child from a 40-minute-long cardiac arrest during a liver transplant

~Aster ILC’s affordable liver transplant initiative raises Rs. 12.5 lakhs for the child’s treatment during the COVID pandemic~ Punyashree a five- year-old child, was undergoing a liver transplant surgery at Aster CMI Hospital recently, was revived on the operating table, 40 minutes after her heart stopped beating. Punyashree was suffering from jaundice from the age […]

IIM Udaipur Flags Off ‘UNNATI 2020’, Engagement and Learning Program For The Incoming Batch

IIM Udaipur Flags Off ‘UNNATI 2020’, Engagement and Learning Program For The Incoming Batch

260 students register for the three-week-long learning program UNNATI 2020 is the first engagement and learning program designed for the incoming batch A three-week program including webinars, discussions, and interactive sessions. IIM Udaipur’s Director, Board of Governors, Faculty, Students and Alumni interacted with the incoming batch through this program July 13th, 2020; Udaipur: Indian Institute […]

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