FM OCTOBER 2018 ISSUE - digital edition

hospital news
Aster DM partners with
Nigerian university hospital
CK Birla Hospitals-CMRI
conducts sepsis
programme
CK Birla Hospitals – Calcutta Medical
Research Institute (CMRI) conducted
a comprehensive sepsis management
programme in Eastern India on the
occasion of World Sepsis Day.
Organised in association with the
Indian Sepsis Forum, Hospital Infection
Society of India, SEMI WB chapter and
Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
(ISCCM), the initiative enlightened the
clinicians about the ways to combat
sepsis in a holistic manner.
The Basic Sepsis Life Support
Programme (BSLS), which included an
in-depth review of sepsis along with its
management and practical application
required for dealing with patients
suffering from sepsis, shared clinical
knowledge, management guidance and
organisation skills with doctors, nurses
and healthcare personnel to improve
clinical outcome.
India currently tackles 7,50,000
cases of sepsis every year, in which the
mortality rate is 12.08 per cent in ICU
patients and 59.26 per cent in those
with critical stage sepsis. More than
90,000 people die every year in India
due to sepsis, making it one of the most
alarming causes of death in the country,
according to Dr Arindam Kar, director &
HOD, critical care unit, CK Birla Hospitals
- CMRI.
Every year, World Sepsis Day
is celebrated internationally on 13
September with awareness campaigns
to facilitate a more comprehensive
outlook into the management of sepsis.
The BSLS programme was one such
national level initiative which promised to
mark the beginning of a more inclusive,
updated and evidence-based approach
to tackle the severity and life-threatening
situations caused by sepsis.
Aster DM Healthcare has entered
into a partnership agreement
with Afe Babalola University Ado Ekiti
(ABUAD), a leading university hospital
in Nigeria.
As part of the deal, Aster would
set up centres of excellence across
specialties in association with ABUAD
to address the need gaps in the
Nigerian healthcare sector.
Aster Centers of Excellence
provide quaternary care across various
specialties such as neuroscience,
cardiac, orthopaedic and oncology.
The agreement also aims to build
a telemedicine unit managed by Aster
DM Healthcare’s certified specialists
chosen from Aster’s network of 11
hospitals in India.
The telemedicine unit in ABUAD
BR Life SSNMC Super Speciality
Hospital, Bengaluru, has joined
hands with Brains Neurosciences to
establish a Centre of Excellence (CoE).
Located at Ideal Homes Layout,
Rajarajeshwari Nagar, Bengaluru, the
centre will provide comprehensive
diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation
services for brain and spine related
problems.
In addition to this, there will be
specialty clinics for the management of
stroke, headache, dementia, epilepsy,
Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. A fully
equipped neurotrauma center for
will provide services such as tele
consulting, tele diagnosis and tele
management, enabling patients to seek
expert advice and virtual treatment
from Aster’s specialists
from across the world, including in
India.
Nigeria spends an average of
US$ 118 per capita on healthcare.
In terms of the doctor-patient ratio,
Nigeria currently has 1:2,500, as
opposed to a minimum ratio of 1:1000
recommended by WHO.
“Our partnership will address
the gaps in the healthcare sector in
Nigeria which is in urgent need of
quality services,'' said Dr Azad Moopen,
founder chairman and managing
director of Aster DM Healthcare, in a
press release.
BR Life SSNMC and Brains Neuro set up CoE
trauma and head injury treatment will be
operational 24x7.
The CoE has set-up the Brain
Wellness Clinic to facilitate early
detection of Alzheimer’s disease.
Early diagnosis, prevention and
identification of treatable dementias as
a therapy goal can help provide effective
treatment and improve the living
conditions of the patient, according to Dr
Venkataramana NK, head, SSNMC-Brains
Neurosicience Center of Excellence.
BR Life SSNMC Super Specialty
Hospital is promoted by Dr BR Shetty, an
Abu Dhabi-based Indian entrepreneur.
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