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Groom Pledges To Donate Body At Marriage Reception In Odisha’s Puri
Puri: A young groom in Puri district has won all round applause for pledging to donate his body at his marriage reception.
According to reports, Rakesh Kumar Mohanty of Amalapada village…
Eminent Odisha Doctor Slams Suggestion To Reduce MBBS Course Duration
Bhubaneswar: A Central government committee’s recommendation to cut down the duration of MBBS course by a year is a “disaster” and “not well thought out idea”, eminent neurosurgeon from…
Gross Negligence: Towel Left In Woman’s Womb During C-Section, Inquiry Ordered
Ludhiana: In a case of extreme negligence, a team of doctors was accused of leaving a towel inside a woman’s womb during a C-section delivery at the Civil Hospital here last week.
An…
Korean Study Provides Further Evidence Of Airborne Transmission Of Coronavirus
Seoul: A recent study in South Korea has added to growing evidence on airborne transmission of novel coronavirus.
The study -- carried out by a group of epidemiologists led by Dr Lee…
SUM Hospital Conducts Second Liver Transplant In Odisha
Bhubaneswar: For the second time in Odisha’s medical history, living-donor liver transplantation was successfully undertaken at the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, faculty of…
Why Does COVID-19 Spare Children? Hear It From The Scientists
More than eight months after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 as a global pandemic, the disease is far from being under control with several countries experiencing a…
First-Ever Polio Vaccine Approved For Emergency Use
For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a polio vaccine for emergency use.
The WHO said that the vaccine, produced by Indonesia’s Bio Farma PT, is aimed at…
Odisha Govt Launches Advanced Robotic Therapy For Limb-Loss Patients
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has launched advanced robotic therapy to help people, who have lost their limbs in a mishap or disease, to regain mobility.
The therapy is being…
SUM Surgeons In Bhubaneswar Restore Severed Finger Of 9-Year-Old Boy
Bhubaneswar: The severed finger of a nine-year-old boy was successfully restored recently by a team of surgeons at Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here.
Ritish Kumar…
Trio Wins Joint Nobel In Medicine For Discovery Of Hepatitis C Virus
Stockholm: Americans Harvey Alter and Charles Rice together with Briton Michael Houghton jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus.
The…