UP: RML introduces ECMO for reviving critical patients
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Lucknow: For the first time, a highly effective life saving technique is introduced in a premier state government hospital. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences has become the first one to bring to fore ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) in the state.
The technique is beneficial in reviving patients suffering from critical breathing-disorder that is caused due to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Such patients are highly critical and in most cases ventilator also doesn’t work on them.
Explaining it as a landmark achievement, Dr. Deepak Malviya, Director, RMLIMS and head of anaesthesiology department, told TOI "We are the first center in UP to be providing the facility. It is also available in centers like Medanta Medicity, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Riddhi Siddhi Hospital. Though costly even in the government sector, the method is life saving and at least 40% cheaper than private hospitals."
The technique is beneficial in reviving patients suffering from critical breathing-disorder that is caused due to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Such patients are highly critical and in most cases ventilator also doesn’t work on them.
Explaining it as a landmark achievement, Dr. Deepak Malviya, Director, RMLIMS and head of anaesthesiology department, told TOI "We are the first center in UP to be providing the facility. It is also available in centers like Medanta Medicity, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Riddhi Siddhi Hospital. Though costly even in the government sector, the method is life saving and at least 40% cheaper than private hospitals."
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