SUM Hosp introduces endoscopic thyroid tumour removal
Bhubaneswar: The Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital here has conducted a path-breakingsurgery for removal of a tumour from the thyroid gland of a woman. Dr Radhamadhab Sahu, an expert in ENT and skull base surgery, employed a new procedure recently which allowed surgeons to access and remove the thyroid and parathyroid glands through small ports inside the mucosal part of lower lip which left no visible scar on the neck. “This is for the first time that such a surgery has been conducted in Odishathrough the trans-oral route,” he said.
Sabuja Bharat celebrates Kalam birth anniv
Bhubaneswar: The Sabuja Bharat celebrated the 88th birth anniversary of late aerospace scientist and former President APJ Abdul Kalam here on Tuesday. CLAP president Dr Bikash Dash, Imran Ali and Nirojalaxmi Mahapatra attended as guests and urged the students to follow footsteps of Kalam. Sabuja Bharat secretary Satyabrat Jena coordinated the programme. On the occasion, Debasish Das, Nirajan Sahu, Manosmita Mishra, Haraprasad Mahapatra, Sagar Mallick and Lizarani Nayak were awarded with the Abdul Kalam Smruti Samman.
