Category: Health

Lucknow: Medanta Lucknow organised a special meet-and-greet programme for patients and their families on the occasion of World Heart Day, providing an opportunity to interact directly with cardiac specialists and seek information about heart disease, its symptoms, prevention and treatment. Medanta Lucknow Director of Cardiac Surgery Dr Gouranga Majumdar, Director of Clinical and Preventive Cardiology Dr R.K. Saran, and Directors of Interventional Cardiology Dr S.K. Dwivedi, Dr P.K. Goyal and Dr Mahim Saran interacted with participants and answered their questions. The doctors explained various treatment options, including open-heart surgery, minimally…

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Lucknow: A programme was organised at the institute to mark the 157th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the 122nd birth anniversary of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Lal Bahadur Shastri. Institute Director Prof. M.L.B. Bhatt, along with doctors, officers and employees, paid floral tributes to the portraits of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri and recalled their enduring contributions to the nation. Addressing the gathering, Prof. Bhatt said Gandhi’s life continues to inspire society through the values of truth, non-violence, service, cleanliness and humanity. He said Shastri’s life…

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Raebareli: Doctors at the General Surgery Department of AIIMS Raebareli have successfully treated a 16-year-old boy who developed severe narrowing of the stomach passage after accidentally ingesting acid, enabling him to resume eating normally through his mouth after nearly four months. The teenager, a resident of Murar Mau in Unchahar, Raebareli, had suffered serious injury to the lower part of his stomach after consuming acid. The resulting narrowing made it extremely difficult for food to pass through the stomach. His condition became so severe that he could no longer eat…

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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Aam Aadmi Party organised a statewide blood donation campaign on the birth anniversary of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh, with large blood donation camps held across all districts of the state. The campaign was organised following a call by AAP Uttar Pradesh in-charge and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. Camps were reported in districts including Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Firozabad, Sultanpur, Saharanpur, Agra, Gorakhpur, Hapur, Ambedkar Nagar, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Gonda, Bareilly, Ghazipur, Sonbhadra and Chitrakoot, among others. In Lucknow, a blood donation programme was organised…

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Lucknow: Doctors at Apollo Medics Super Speciality Hospital have successfully performed a complex thyroid cancer surgery on a 70-year-old man whose tumour had severely compressed his windpipe, making conventional anaesthesia and intubation extremely difficult. The rare procedure involved a coordinated effort by the surgical oncology, cardiac surgery and anaesthesia teams, with the patient placed on peripheral cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), commonly known as a heart-lung machine, to maintain blood circulation and oxygen supply while securing the airway. Doctors said the cancerous mass had spread across the front and both sides of…

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Rae Bareli: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rae Bareli, organised the closing ceremony of Hindi Fortnight-2026, held from September 14 to 29 to promote the Hindi language and encourage greater use of Hindi as the official language in institutional work. Executive Director and CEO of AIIMS Rae Bareli, Prof. (Dr.) Amita Jain, attended the programme as the chief guest. The fortnight featured a series of competitions for students, faculty members, officers and employees, including poetry recitation, an open quiz, objective tests, essay writing, speech, rangoli and poster,…

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MoU signed for GSCC–MAX Health Privilege Card for club members and their families Lucknow — On the occasion of World Heart Day, the Gomti Senior Citizens Club (GSCC), Lucknow, in association with Max Super Speciality Hospital, Lucknow, organized a heart health awareness and check-up programme at Max Hospital today. During the event, an MoU was signed between GSCC and Max Hospital, under which the GSCC–MAX Health Privilege Card was launched to offer special facilities and concessions to GSCC members and their families for treatment at Max Hospital. The programme began at…

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Lucknow: The Department of Gynaecological Oncology at Kalyan Singh Super Speciality Cancer Institute (KSSSCI), Lucknow, organised its first Foundation Day along with a Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme on the theme “Bridging Advances with Practice.” The programme began with a welcome address by Prof. Sabuhi Qureshi, Head of the Department, who also presented a report highlighting the department’s progress and achievements. Institute Director Prof. M.L.B. Bhatt congratulated the department and emphasised the importance of continuous learning, multidisciplinary collaboration and adoption of advanced treatment approaches. Prof. Uma Singh, Senior Technical Director…

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Lucknow: World Lung Day was observed at Vivekananda Polyclinic and Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow on Friday to raise awareness about the importance of lung health and respiratory diseases. Renowned chest and lung specialist Dr Bhavtosh Biswas said healthy lungs are essential for breathing, supplying oxygen to the body and maintaining overall well-being. He noted that respiratory conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pneumonia, tuberculosis, lung cancer and respiratory infections affect millions of people worldwide. According to Dr Biswas, exposure to air pollution, tobacco smoke, harmful…

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Lucknow: An oath-taking ceremony for the newly elected office-bearers of a committee at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow, was held at the CV Raman Auditorium on the institute campus. The ceremony was attended by chief guest Professor Harsh Vardhan, Medical Superintendent of SGPGI, along with distinguished guests Professor Aruna Bharti, LK Bharti and Dr Basant Kumar, Head of the Department of Paediatrics. Representatives of various employee organisations were also present, including Employee Federation president Dharmesh Kumar, general secretary Seema Shukla, Nursing Staff Union president Lata Sachan…

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