Artificial placenta: A new lifeline for premature babies? Getty Images Artificial placentas and wombs could save the lives of premature babies, but what ethical considerations must be addressed before human trials begin? Getty Images Babies born around 22 weeks face huge challenges and have to receive round-the-clock intensive care "Honestly, 28 weekers and even 27 weekers do overall very well," …
Survival chances of COVID-19 patients on mechanical ventilation, whose lungs leak air, are usually next to zero, said Kumari Ranjana’s doctor New Delhi: A 47-year old woman, who was put on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation support for 28 days and ventilator for 21 days, beat all odds to defeat COVID-19, a private hospital that treated her claimed. Kumari Ranjana, a professor …
Ganesh Prasad, a 63-year-old patient who was on critical care support for 61 days, has become the longest surviving COVID patient in the country. The entire process of treatment has been tough for us as well but our team, and the family members of the patient went on supporting us,” said Dr. Soham Majumdar, Prasad’s physician and ECMO specialist at …