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City doc performs successful complex gastrointestinal surgery

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December 28, 2011

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Mangalore, December 28: A city based surgeon has successfully performed complex gastrointestinal surgery for an elderly woman who was having a colostomy and many complications.

Lily Madtha, a 75 year old lady, hailing from Madanthyar, was presented to Dr Vijay Ramachandran, a Surgical Gastroenterologist and Colorectal Surgeon three weeks earlier with complications following diverticulitis.

She had already undergone multiple surgeries earlier at a charitable teaching hospital in the city. She had been operated four times earlier for complications of diverticular disease of the Sigmoid Colon and had a Colostomy, Paracolostomy hernia, Incisional hernia, Colovesical fistula (abnormal communication between large intestine and urinary bladder) and a Bladder Calculus.

Her most distressing symptom was pertaining to the colostomy. After evaluating the patient, Dr Ramachandran decided to perform a single stage procedure tackling all the problems mentioned above in a Complex reoperative colorectal surgical procedure which lasted five hours.

After ten days of hospital stay, the patient recovered fully and is now free of the colostomy and other problems. Such complex gastrointestinal surgeries and re-operative abdominal surgeries for complications are routinely carried out by Dr Ramachandran at the Department of Gastrointestinal, Laparoscopic and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Yenepoya Specialty Hospital, Kodialbail.


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Mrs._Lily_Madtha__Family_After_Surgery

Mrs. Lily Madtha & Family (After Surgery)



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May 28,2020

Mangaluru/Udupi, May 28: Coastal Karnataka witnessed further spike in covid-19 cases today with 27 people testing positive for coronavirus in Udupi and six in Dakshina Kannada. 

Among 27 coronavirus patients in Udupi 18 are males and 9 females. Among them 24 have come from Maharashtra, two from Telangana and one from Kerala. All of them were under quarantine.

As many as 147 confirmed cases of coronavirus have been reported so far in the district, including a death. Three have recovered, and 143 are active.

In Dakshina Kannada, 2 females aged 18 and 62, and four males aged 25, 36, 50 and 61, are the ones to be tested positive. All the six persons to test positive are Maharashtra returnees.

With this, the number of cases in DK has increased to 87, out of which 51 are currently active. As many as 29 persons have recovered and been discharged, and seven deaths have occurred so far.

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July 17,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 17: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar held a meeting through video conference on Thursday with private and government establishments involved in testing and treatment of COVID-19 in the state.

A total of 51,422 cases including 19,729 recoveries and 1,032 deaths were reported in the state till yesterday.

On the same day, K Sudhakar also paid a surprise visit to the Bengaluru's CV Raman Hospital and urged the administration to follow COVID-19 guidelines properly. He also took stock of the hospital's preparedness to fight the deadly virus.

"Surprise visits will continue. I will be in touch with every lab and get the right number of tests done on a daily basis," the minister said while speaking to the media.

He also urged the people who have recovered from coronavirus to donate their plasma to save other lives, adding that donors will receive a reward of Rs 5,000 as a token of appreciation.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: Yellow alert has been issued for Karnataka's Shivamogga, Chikmagalur, Hassan, and Kodagu for July 23 and 24.

Some areas of Bengaluru may receive light rainfall today, said CS Patil, Director, IMD Centre, Bengaluru.

He added that coastal areas of the state are very likely to experience rainfall from on July 23 and July 24, and that rainfall may increase July 24 onwards. Widespread rainfall is predicted for July 24th, 25th, and 26th.

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