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KEM Hospital dean Dr Sangeeta Rawat said that on the occasion of World Heart Day on Thursday, the hospital arranged for funds from donors and medical device companies to offer three valve procedures free of cost to patients. “Maske had a congenital heart disease and was operated on in KEM Hospital 35 years back. He returned with another problem and our cardiology team could help him by performing a rare procedure,” said Dr Rawat. Heart valves control blood flow in and out of the heart’s chambers. When they get diseased, blood flow is interrupted, causing symptoms ranging from fatigue to severe breathlessness. While procedures to fix two of the four valves are done routinely, replacing/ repairing aortic and pulmonary valves with minimally invasive methods is relatively new, costing Rs 10-20 lakh in private hospitals. On Thursday, cardiologists from KEM Hospital led by departmental head Dr Ajay Mahajan and Professor Emeritus Dr Prafulla Kerkar and visiting cardiologists Dr Bharat Dalvi and Dr Ravinder Singh Rao, performed three procedures to replace three different valves. A fourth procedure was postponed. “A surgery was risky for Maske and the minimally invasive alternative was expensive and rarely performed in India,” said Dr Mahajan. Moreover, the size of the valve available in the market was smaller than the one Maske required. So, doctors contacted Vapi-based Meril Life Science to customize a valve for Maske. “It took a month to get it, but we finally replaced Maske’s d...

The Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College (GSMC) and the King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital, which was founded in 1926 it is one of the oldest and one of the best teaching and medical schools in Mumbai. The medical college offers training to students in undergraduate, postgraduate, and superspecialty medical courses in various allied specialties. The King Edward Memorial Hospital is reputed for its patient healthcare services. It has a team of physicians, resident doctors, and para-medical staff who manage all the departments and services at the hospital efficiently. The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai funds the hospital, and therefore, the services at the hospital are virtually free for the benefit of the underprivileged sections of the society. The King Edward Memorial (KEM) Hospital has an excellent neurology department that offers all the ultra modern facilities with cutting edge technology to investigate, diagnose, and treat any disorder of the nervous system. The department has a highly qualified and experienced team of neuro physicians and surgeons and the operation theatres offer all the amenities for any type of surgery. The Department of Orthopedics at the KEM Hospital caters to about 400 patients every day and has a bed-strength of 280. As such, this is the largest department in the hospital, and the largest orthopedic department in the country. The services offered here are considered to be one of the best in the country. The department has an exce...

MUMBAI: After suffering giddy spells and weakness for a month, 62-year-old The diagnosis, though, stunned Tilu and her daughter Neha. Due to numerous infections she had suffered near the pacemaker in the past 20 years, Tilu would now require a new-age implant that was the world’s tiniest —and expensive at between Rs 8 lakh and 10 lakh. In the intervening years, Tilu had lost her husband and was forced to relocate from But thanks to donations, Considering that in some public hospitals in the city, used pacemakers donated from other countries are reused for poor patients after adequate sterilisation, Tilu’s experience stands out. Tilu’s first pacemaker was fitted in 2000 as she was suffering from complete heart block: Her heart rate was 15 to 20 beats per minute as against the normal 60. She would frequently lose consciousness and suffer from breathlessness. Doctors at KEM Hospital then fitted a conventional pacemaker with a matchbox-sized battery under the skin near the left shoulder; this was connected to a pacing wire (or lead) that entered the heart to provide electrical impulses to increase the heart rate. “But she developed an infection near the pocket, and doctors had to remove and re-implant it on the right side,’’ said professor emeritus Dr Prafulla Kerkar. Unfortunately, due to multiple operations, doctors this time around found the veins leading to the heart from both shoulders were blocked. She would either need an open heart surgery or the new leadless pacemaker...

Background History This department is one of the largest teaching departments and is a busy department which handles outdoor and indoor Internal Medicine patients and also patients attending the Emergency Ward (Emergency Room). In addition, training is imparted to 180 MBBS students and 23 MD students every year. • • • •

Viral message claims that a machine procured last month by the hospital can cure paralysis; KEM neurosurgeon clarifies that it can only help patients within the first 24 hours of a stroke and cannot be used to treat old cases. Over the last few days, paralysed patients and their families have been flocking to KEM Hospital in Parel, only to have their hopes crushed. A message that has been spreading on WhatsApp claims that there is ‘new life for paralysis patients’ as a new machine procured by the hospital can cure paralysis – a misleading claim that has given false hope to thousands of patients. However, some social media firms have said they are taking necessary steps to stop misuse of their platforms for spread of fake news, and rumours and hate messages. Last month, the BMC-run hospital bought a biplane digital subtraction angiography machine for Rs 8.5 crore. This new machine can help patients who are suffering from astroke by removing a blood clot from an artery or vein up to 24 hours from the onset of a stroke, in some cases. Earlier, the window was just six hours. However, after reading the message, many patients who have been paralysed for years are under the misconception that their condition can also be cured by the machine, which is not the case. The message also has the name of Dr Nitin Dange, senior neurosurgeon at KEM hospital, who has been plagued with calls from all over the world about this ‘new treatment’. Around 50 patients have been coming to the hospit...