29 May 2010
Bangalore, India
New OPD Block Opens At Kidwai Institute Of Oncology
Conjoined twins Peace and Patience (both girls) have been referred to Narayana Hrudayalaya Health City, where they will undergo separation surgery. Born on September 9, 2009, at University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, they weigh 10 kg. With a fusion at the abdomen, the two share their liver and intestine. In medical parlance, they are called Omphalogus conjoined twins
Conjoined twins Peace and Patience (both girls)...The new out–patient block constructed and donated by Sree Kshetra Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Medical Trust was completed in flat 15 months.
Dharmadhikari of Sree Kshetra Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara Medical Trust Veerendra Hegde said: “Earlier, access to medicine and treatment were difficult and expensive. With advances in medical science, cancer is curable today, and our effort is to create access to patients.”
Medical education minister Ramachandra Gowda stressed on health insurance and on adopting preventive measures to control cancer by having good lifestyle and proper food habits.
The Block has
- Five male and female wards which can accommodate 125 inpatients
- Seven minor air–conditioned operation theatres
- Seventeen out–patient consultation rooms
- A mini conference hall and telemedicine unit
- Two lifts and ramps, oxygen and vacuum facilities
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