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Read what Dr Behram Pardiwalla, Internal Medicine Expert, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central has to say on Leptospirosis “Leptospirosis is the infection caused by the bacterium Leptospira. It is usually spread through urine and feces of rats and dogs and it is especially rats when it is flooded. When rats pass stool or urine in water and if a person happens to go through that water and has some open wounds in the leg the chances of getting leptospirosis are very high. In villages, it happens to farmers since there are lot of rats in the field and when the farmers go to plow that is where they get infected. In Mumbai the chances of the disease is only when it is monsoon or when it is flooded,” says Dr Behram Pardiwalla, Internal Medicine Expert, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central. The disease has an incubation period that ranged from four to 21 days. It affects both humans and animals. Source :http://www.freepressjournal.in/health/leptospirosis-claims-two-lives-in-mumbai-heres-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-bacterial-disease/1307036

Wockhardt hospitals starts haematology, haemato oncology, BMT facility in north Mumbai suburb Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road started first of its kind advance haematology department in north Mumbai suburb Mira Road on the occasion of blood donors day. Dr. Dipanjan Haldar who heads the department has had an affluent career in haematology and clinical research and has published many articles in both national and international publications. After completion of his DM in clinical haematology, he has received bone marrow transplant (BMT) experience in the best institutes of USA and Canada. He is supported by well-trained haemato-oncology nurses, medical officers and other paramedical staff in Wockhardt Hospitals. “BMT is a lifesaving treatment for many of the haematological disorders and solid tumors in our dedicated Haematology ward in Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road”, said Dr. Dipanjan Haldar, consultant haematology, haemato oncology & BMT. Haematology deals with the diseases of the blood, bone marrow and the lymph nodes. It includes cancers like leukaemia, a type of blood cancer; lymphoma, cancer affecting the lymph glands and myeloma, cancer of the immune cells. Non cancer diseases of the blood include bone marrow failure (Aplastic anaemia), anaemia due to inherited disorders like thalassaemia, sickle cell anaemia and bleeding disorders like haemophilia and immune thrombocytopenic purpura. On this occasion Ravi Hirwani, centre head, Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira road, said, “This is first advance haematology department which is going to benefit patients from Andheri in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Surat in Gujarat. Considering current scenario of Mumbai traffic, travelling to Mumbai with patient leads to waste of time and money. Wockhardt hospitals is equipped with special facilities related to bone marrow transplant (BMT). We have separate ward dedicated to patients with neutropenia. neutropenic patients are prone to develop opportunistic infections like candidiasis, fungal pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, cytomegaloviral infection, etc. Hence these patients are kept in a separate ward with minimal traffic of relatives.” Wockhardt Hospitals in Mira Road is a 14 storied and 350 bed multi-speciality tertiary care hospital. It offers hi-end clinical care in cardiology, neurology, neurosurgery, orthopaedics and joint replacement surgery. Other key specialties include minimal access surgery, internal medicine, nephrology, urology, critical care, cosmetology, obstetrics and gynaecology, medical and surgical oncology along with emergency and trauma services. Source :http://www.pharmabiz.com/ArticleDetails.aspx?aid=109465&sid=2

Kavya Raut becomes the youngest baby to undergo a successful liver transplant surgery in western India. His mother donated a part of the liver to him. The doctors performed ‘Living Donor Liver Transplant’ surgery on him Doctors at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai Central, performed a living donor liver transplant surgery on a nine-months-old baby boy named Kavya Raut. Kavya weighs 5.6 kg and hails from Gholwad village in Palghar District. He has become the youngest baby who underwent a liver transplant surgery in western India. A team of doctors, led by Dr Anurag Shrimal, Consultant Abdominal Organ Transplantation, an HPB surgeon, performed the surgery. Kavya’s mother donated a part of the liver to him. He underwent a 14-hour surgery on June 14. Now, Kavya has recovered and is ready to get discharged. Kavya’s trouble began with birth, as he was born with a disease called Biliary Artesia. In this disease, the patient’s bile ducts that carry bile from the liver to the intestine, are narrow, blocked, or absent. At the age of two months, he underwent a major surgery (Porto-enterostomy) at a hospital in Mumbai. The surgery failed, and he ended up with permanent damage of liver – cirrhosis of liver. He stopped growing, his weight got stagnant at 5-6 kg, developed jaundice, and fluid in his belly. Also, he had a couple of life-threatening infections. By the time his parents, Vivek and Nisha, who are daily wagers in their early 30’s, got him to Wockhardt, the family exhausted all their financial resources. Dr Lalit Verma, a Consultant Paediatric Hepatologist at Wockhardt Hospital in Mumbai, said, “We started treating Kavya when he was just six months old. He had already developed cirrhosis of liver by then. With medial measures, we tried very hard to stabilise him and let him put on some weight. However, he landed up with infections and the only treatment left with us was a timely transplant.” Dr Anurag Shrimal, who led the doctor’s team, said, “Liver transplantation in children less than ten kgs is technically very challenging. In Kavya’s case, due to previous surgery, the entire small and large intestine was densely stuck to the liver. We had very carefully separated these adhesions ensuring that there is no damage to the intestines and with a minimal blood loss as this kid cannot tolerate even 300-400 ml of blood loss.” He added further, “We removed the entire diseased liver. We harvested a small portion of the mother’s liver, weighing 260 grams. Even that was too big for Kavya. We further reduced the harvested liver using special techniques to 210 grams. We then implanted this part of the liver in Kavya’s body by joining tiny blood vessels (3-5 mm in diameter). On reperfusion (restarting the blood flow), the liver started functioning immediately.” Kavya’s parents, Nisha and Vivek, busted in tears of joy and couldn’t express their happiness in words, as their child has got a new life. Vivek Raut, Kavya’s father, said, “Kavya proved that he is a strong boy, he tolerated the surgery and anaesthesia very well.” Source : http://www.mymedicalmantra.com/nine-months-old-boy-youngest-to-undergo-successful-liver-transplant/, http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-rare-liver-surgery-saves-nine-month-old-s-life-at-mumbai-s-wockhardt-hospital-2633698

3 day program for staff members across Western India covering wide range of topics in modern science. Wockhardt hospital, a reputed chain of tertiary care super specialty hospitals in India reinforced its Rapid Response Team (RRT) in order to provide utmost Patient care to decrease mortality and increase survival rate. The three day program organized at all the Wockhardt facilities will have renowned doctors and staff members of Wockhardt Hospital delivering lectures and sharing experiences. A wide range of topics covering RRT will be discussed through clinical case simulations, quiz and collage competitions, theme plays at work stations and much more all focusing on the process of RRT that Wockhardt Hospital follows we follow at our hospitals. Commenting on the initiative, Zahabiya Khorakiwala, Managing Director, Wockhardt Hospitals, said, “RRT is evidence based clinical practise to decrease the mortality rate and provide utmost care and attention to the patient even if the slightest instability is seen. We at Wockhardt imbibe to practice evidence based clinical care for all our hospital patients.” The Rapid Response Team has several key roles. The team assists staff in assessing and stabilizing the patient’s condition and organizing information to be communicated to the physician. The Rapid Response Team member also takes on the role of educator and support to the staff at the time of the call. If the circumstances warrant, the team assists with the patient transfer to a higher level of care. Dr. Clive Fernandes, Group Clinical Director, Wockhardt Group Hospitals, said, “Rapid Response Team has shown to decrease the number of CODE BLUE’s and thus decrease mortality. We at Wockhardt Hospitals have been practising this concept since the last four to five years and have seen the improved clinical outcomes. This awareness program is just our methodology to reinforce what we have defined.” Headline & Link : https://www.biospectrumindia.com/news/77/11253/wockhardt-organises-programme-to-improve-patients-clinical-outcomes.html

Largest gall bladder Cyst on the earth surgically removed. Rare case operated in Wockhardt Hospitals in Mira Road Dr Imran Shaikh, Surgical Gastroenterologist and Consultant liver transplantation surgeon from Wockhardt Hospital, Mira Road has likely set a world record by surgically removing world’s largest gall bladder cyst – measuring 36.57 cm and weighing 1.7 kg. The existing record is held by Dr. Jeevan Kankaria, who removed at 30-cm-long gall bladder cyst from Suman Rao’s stomach on August 10, 2016 at Jaipur. Big congratulations to Dr Imran Shaikh and clinical team members who proved “Life wins”. Source : https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-doctor-removes-1-7kg-gall-bladder-cyst-may-have-set-world-record/story-baFjAnVCV5X0yV8Oln49LL.html

Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central dialysis unit was launched by Ms. Zahabiya khorakiwala, Managing Director of Wockhardt Hospitals and Dr M M Bahadur Director of Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant Physician . The new dialysis unit consisted of 13 beds covering 9 beds for negative patient, 3 extra beds for hepatitis B/C, HIV positive patients. There are complete different rooms for positive & negative patients keeping the possibility of cross infection part in mind. These new centre brings great ease to the patient. Dialysis is a procedure one has to go through in case of acute kidney failure to remove waste and unwanted water from the body. Doctors state that dialysis is a life-long treatment for end stage renal failure patients until they get kidney transplantation. This dialysis centre has dialysers washing areas that will be complete different for positive and negative patients to avoid chance of cross infection. Dialyser automatic washing machine is better than manual as it gives efficiency and it avoids possibility of cross infection and improves quality of dialysis. The main USP of the centre is KTV dialysis. Kt/V is a number used to quantify hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis treatment adequacy. K – Dialyzer clearance of urea. t – Dialysis time. V – Volume of distribution of urea, approximately equal to patient’s total body water.In this dialysis patient can avail one of the marker of dialysis efficiency which is known as KT/V. It is one of the very few unit offering dialysis treatment for HIV positive patients and Hepatitis B patients Dr. M M Bahadur , Director of Department of nephrology & Kidney Transplant physician Wockhardt Hospitals Mumbai Central, said , “This move was the need of the hour as the number of renal failure patients is surging with each passing day. Dialysis patients have to take three to four sessions a week for the rest of their life which involves huge challenges. We witness patients coming from out of Mumbai for treatment as there are no facilities in their area but the new centers will bring great ease to the patients.” Ms. Zahabiya khorakiwala Managing Director of Wockhardt Hospitals says, “The KT/V dialysis unit at our hospital is well equipped with cutting edge technology and the best trained physicians & surgeons, to take care of the most complex treatment. Our new equipment will avoid chances of cross infection among patients.” Source : http://pharmabiz.com/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=110023&sid=2

Dr Sameet Pathak, Cardio Thoracic surgeon and Vascular Surgeon from Nagpur has saved life of a 60-year-old critically-ill patient from Amravati. By performing surgery for a rare heart defect called as ‘aortic dissection’ in which the aorta, the main blood vessel arising from the heart, gets torn or split into a two-barrel tube. The patient required replacement of both the damaged aorta and the aortic valve. The patient, when being brought to Nagpur from Amravati, started developing heart failure and had severe chest pain along with very low blood pressure. His kidney and brain were also affected badly. The patient had also developed paralysis of left limbs. “Had the surgery not been done on time, the patient would have died within 48 hours,” Dr Pathak, who performed the surgery at Wockhardt Hospital, told Times of India. Big congratulations to Dr Sameet Pathak, Dr Awantika Jaiswal – Anaesthetist, Dr. Suryashree Pandey, Dr. Ankur Jain – Neurologist, Dr. Nitin Shinde – Intensivist, Dr. Rita Devhare – Perfusionist, Sisters – Jijo Varghese, Shino Cherian and Shubhangi Dhepe and other clinical team members who proved “Life wins’. Source : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/city-doc-saves-critically-ill-patient-of-split-aorta-a-rare-heart-defect/articleshow/65445513.cms

Wockhardt Hospitals, Mira Road which is a part of hospitals chain of Wockhardt Group is embarking on a month long campaign to create awareness about breast cancer with the help of their all female doctors, nurses’ security guards and housekeeping staff. On the occasion of breast cancer awareness month all female staff will wear maximum pink dress in October and at the same time they will discuss about breast cancer awareness details with all female OPT and IPD patients. On this occasion Ravi Hirwani – Centre Head Wockhardt Hospitals in Mira Road said, “Many of us are aware about the colour pink being an international symbol of breast cancer awareness. Every October, people all around the world sport the colour to support the breast cancer awareness month. It could be in the form of pink ribbons, pink lapel pins or by simply wearing the colour, so we decided make awareness about breast cancer in this month by using maximum pink colour. We have 70 per cent female staff in our hospitals and they all will make awareness about cancer prevention among our patients and their relatives regularly in this month.” Source : http://www.expressbpd.com/healthcare/happening-now/wockhardt-hospital-female-staff-goes-pink-in-october/406144/

Wockhardt Hospitals, known for delivering the best medical facilities and patient care, was recently awarded “Best clinical practices of the year award” at “2nd Edition of Navabharat Value Based Healthcare Summit and Awards 2018,” held at Vivanta by Taj Colaba. On behalf of the hospital, the award was received by Dr. Clive Fernandes, Group Clinical Director from Ms. Vidya Thankur, Minister of State (Maharashtra) for Women and Child Development, Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection, Food and Drugs Administration and Mr. Nimish Maheshwari, Managing Director, Navbharat Publication. *Navbharat publication, the 85 years old chain of newspaper published from the state of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgargh, Orissa & Gujarat. This Summit has attended by leaders in healthcare industry like prominent doctors, healthcare professionals from Private and Government health corporations from Maharashtra.