Published By : Prameya News Bureau | July 14, 2021 IST
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Bhubaneswar, July 14: The ECMO treatment will available at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar from tomorrow, officials said today. The facility, the first in a government hospital in Odisha, will be launched on the occasion of the hospital’s 9th Foundation Day on Thursday. “This ECMO facility will treat critical Covid patients and for other critical cases of different ICUs. AIIMS, Bhubaneswar presently has some faculty members trained in handling ECMO machines, and the institute is hiring more technicians to operate the same, which will help people, especially those referred to outside treatment,” said an official. During the normal situation, the need for this treatment was rare but now the demand for this treatment is rising as the patient becomes critical due to Covid-19.
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